mother-of-pearl-eyed

Updated: June 12, 2025

The painted figure of that bearded ancient upon the Sistine Chapel, or William Blake's wild-haired, wild-eyed Trinity, convey no nearer sense of God to me than some mother-of-pearl-eyed painted and carven monster from the worship of the South Sea Islanders.

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - First and Last Things