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Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)

A spoon or paddle may be well carved; a door frame or chest may be a work of art. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 40, Sentence #68)
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40 68 A spoon or paddle may be well carved; a View more quotes about door">door frame or chest may be a work of art.

Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)

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40 65 Indeed, some vase artists are as well-known as artists who work in fresco, or in gold, wood, or canvas.
40 66 Indeed, several artists work in more than one medium.
40 67 To be sure, the Goreans do not dissociate utility and beauty, in artifacts no more than in slaves.
40 68 A spoon or paddle may be well carved; a door frame or chest may be a work of art.
40 69 Art may be lavished on rooms and buildings, on bedding and clothing, on the saddle or harness of a kaiila, even on cuisine, in its preparation and display.
40 70 But I saw little evidence in the shop of Epicrates, despite its pleasantness and attractiveness, of the higher reaches and glory of the potter's art.
40 71 I saw no vessel there for which might be exchanged a dozen slaves or a tarn.
Indeed, some vase artists are as well-known as artists who work in fresco, or in gold, wood, or canvas. Indeed, several artists work in more than one medium. To be sure, the Goreans do not dissociate utility and beauty, in artifacts no more than in slaves. A spoon or paddle may be well carved; a door frame or chest may be a work of art. Art may be lavished on rooms and buildings, on bedding and clothing, on the saddle or harness of a kaiila, even on cuisine, in its preparation and display. But I saw little evidence in the shop of Epicrates, despite its pleasantness and attractiveness, of the higher reaches and glory of the potter's art. I saw no vessel there for which might be exchanged a dozen slaves or a tarn. - (Plunder of Gor)