Nothing is more absurd, for the art of Millet was subjective, not realistic; it was in the feeling of the art of Phidias and the Italian renaissance, not in the modern pose plastique.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
C.2: Woolwich and Reading series: Argile plastique and lignite.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
At the base of the tertiary system in France are extensive deposits of sands, with occasional beds of clay used for pottery, and called "argile plastique."
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell