Shaun Tan

The text illustrates the pictures - it provides a connective tissue for me. I usually refine the text last, partly because pictures are harder to do, so it's easier to edit words - I use text as grout in between the tiles of the pictures.

Australian Artist

Dan Phillips

Tile is going to the landfill by the metric ton. All we have to do it gather it up, glue it down to the floor and grout it. Then you have a tile floor, and not just any tile floor: it's a mosaic of your own choosing.

American Designer

It's interesting what a new song can do to the other songs. A new song can be the grout of the record, tie the songs together, and define a new room in the house, helping the other rooms make sense.

American Musician

Will Self

I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living.

English Author

Often heard in the context of building, repairing, or renovating homes and buildings.

Home Improvement

Grout comes in different colors to match or contrast with tiles.

Not Just White

Once applied and hardened, grout is not easy to remove or change.

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Grouting is usually the last step in tile installation.

Finishing Step

Applying grout neatly requires practice and skill.

Skill Required

Excess grout should be wiped off tiles quickly to avoid stains.

Cleanup Necessary

 keeps the ground and water and grout and stuff from invading the tunnel so as it advances its pulling material out of this group conveyor for that complete advance that's getting mixed up

Why a Giant Machine Is...

 To drill in this wet chalk, the British had to use grout to seal the cracks created in the borer’s wake, and even work ahead of the main borer to reinforce the chalk about to be drilled.

Grout

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