Quote by Clayton Tax. “He said that the world was once a mere bank of fog, which is scientifically true, and he said that the Almighty thrust his finger into the bank of fog and then began slowly to move his finger around and gradually to increase the speed of his finger until at last he whirled that bank of fog into a solid ball of fire…” Looking down the avenue of the arts on a snowy day on March 5, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pa.