There are many ways of writing badly about painting... There is an 'appreciative' language of threadbare, not inaccurate, but overexposed and irritating… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely,… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Now, if the book of Genesis is an allegory, then sin is an allegory, the Fall is an allegory and the need… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
If you look only as Genesis as an allegory, you have a major problem, because if it's an allegory, then tell me… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“A Man’s life of any worth is a continual allegory, and very few eyes can see the Mystery of his life—a life… — John Keats Copy Share Image
“The Durhannians' countenance lifted as is the way of Hope. There was a village elder whose eyes flickered with the light of… — Laurie Green Westlake Copy Share Image
What makes Jessica Jones series so unique is that it really is an allegory for many different types of abuse, whether it… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
'Ever seen a leaf - a leaf from a tree?' 'Yes.' I saw one recently - a yellow one, a little green,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Every novel which is truly written contributes to the total of knowledge which is there at the disposal of the next writer… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate symbolic art in which the presentation loses all spontaneous movement in order to become a machine, an allegory -- a… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
The moment in the account of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis is when they realize they're naked and try… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The reason creatures wanted to use language instead of mental telepathy was that they found out they could get so much more… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
Cable news is 24 hours long so you have to fill it up with something. No, the Muppets are not communist. And… — James Bobin Copy Share Image
Science fiction is a weird category, because it's the only area of fiction I can think of where the story is not… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
“But the character of the music emphasized the tale as allegory--humorous, poignant, humane allegory--disclosing the metamorphosis of life itself, in which man… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life.… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“The two things that came out clearly were the sense of reality in the background and the mythical value: the essence of… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We need to find another way or another shape or an allegory or something that tells us more. Even Vagabond - it… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I argue against literal interpretation of religious doctrines. Religions make progress when they emancipate themselves from literalism, and take their doctrinal statements… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“When they see beyond the sky, When they know beyond the mind, When they hear the song of the Burning Light; Take… — Rachel Starr Thomson Copy Share Image
I don't like the new trends in horror. All this torture stuff seems really mean-spirited. People have forgotten how to laugh, and… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“This philistinism of interpretation is more rife in literature than in any other art. For decades now, literary critics have understood it… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“The Death of Allegory I am wondering what became of all those tall abstractions that used to pose, robed and statuesque, in… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“She reached down and picked a crab out of a bucket. As it came up it turned out that three more were… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I suspect the popularity of young adults and dystopian novels has something to do with a desire for allegory and old-fashioned morality… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
“one thing that I realized early on in thinking about this book, when I found, to my consternation, that I was writing… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
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