“Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.”
Source: Diary
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Chuck Palahniuk 555
American novelist, essayist 1962Related quotes
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
Widely attributed on the Internet to John Ruskin; see this Google search https://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=%2B%22When+love+and+skill+work+together%2C+expect+a+masterpiece.%22+%2B%22John+Ruskin%22+-%22Charles+Reade%22&oq=%2B%22When+love+and+skill+work+together%2C+expect+a+masterpiece.%22+%2B%22John+Ruskin%22+-%22Charles+Reade%22&gs_l=serp.12...143064.148395.0.150598.2.2.0.0.0.0.108.196.1j1.2.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.0.0.JURsIFvRl34 for thousands of pages containing the quote AND "John Ruskin" but NOT "Charles Reade".
This is actually from Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade.
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“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
Source: Put Yourself in His Place (1870), CHAPTER V
Source: Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady
The Ashes of Capitalism and the Ashes of Communism (1986)
“Make every day your masterpiece.”
Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!”
“Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.”
Source: Trickster's Choice