George Bernard Shaw Quotes

A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.

George Bernard Shaw

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• A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Method
  • Elephant
  • Sculpting