“The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it becomes an ever-flowing spring — as Sappho says, "More real than real, more gold than gold."”
The Greek Anthology (p. 59)
Classics Revisited (1968)
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“Photography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”
Alfred Stieglitz, as quoted in The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940, M. Orvell (1989). p. 220
Variant: There is a reality — so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. That's what I'm trying to get down in photography.
“Your life is worth much more than gold.”
Jamming, from the album Exodus (1977)
Song lyrics
“Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.”
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Queer Feet
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
“In times of badness, gold is being worth more than beauty.”
Source: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 2, Chapter 15, “A Meandering of Ink” (p. 357).
Built to Last, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)
The count leaned forward. “Knowledge.”
Source: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 2, Chapter 21, “The Frightened Ones” (p. 491).
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”