“It is often said that great works of art are “inexhaustible”—capable, as Stanley Olson put it, of “endless interpretation. But Lubin, the… — Roger Kimball Copy Share Image
“The task of general semiotics is that of tracing a single formal structure which underlies all these phenomena, this structure being that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Our main source of psychic energy in the future will depend on our ability to understand this symbol of evolution in an… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
There is a historic strain of dominion theology which says, taking its references from the Psalms, that man is made just a… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
When the United Nations was born it was believed to be a positive instrument for peace. From this exalted position it became… — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Copy Share Image
Art that means anything in the life of a community must bear some relation to current interpretations of the mystery of the… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
“I urge not that we assume that love will provide a reliable foundation for knowledge but that we nonetheless keep the requirements… — Dale B. Martin Copy Share Image
“A translator, caught in the space between two tongues. Such people tend to come a little bit unglued from the task of… — Elena Mauli Shapiro Copy Share Image
Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a… — Joel Sternfeld Copy Share Image
Great works - and I think Star Wars is a great work - are easily susceptible to multiple plausible interpretations. Some of… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution,… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
The fellow who wrote the post about sharing a bear suit with a girl at a party saw my illustration and emailed… — Sophie Blackall Copy Share Image
When it happeneth that a man signifieth unto us two contradictory opinions whereof the one is clearly and directly signified, andthe other… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
These days, the selfie and its main outlet, Instagram, generally come in for much adult loathing. But consider this: The selfie is… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
The Whig interpretation of history ... is the tendency in many historians to write on the side of Protestants and Whigs, to… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
Though the world does not change with a change of paradigm, the scientist afterward works in a different world... I am convinced… — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
What I want to avoid is staying at the same place. As I improve in skills, musical interpretations, and acting, I am… — Yuna Copy Share Image
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read a passage by a great writer, and you know what he says and how he says it will always… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
If we do not take this road of dialogue and understanding then I fear for the next generation. There are enough people… — Akbar S. Ahmed Copy Share Image
We've learned over the years that if we wanted we could write anything that just felt good or sounded good and it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
“The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached ... We see… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
There's a big mistake the left has made with talking to religious people, which is attempting to talk them out of their… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
When you are fully present with everyone you meet, you relinquish the conceptual identity you made for them - your interpretation of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Philosophers have actually devoted themselves, in the main, neither to perceiving the world, nor to spinning webs of conceptual theory, but to… — Josiah Royce Copy Share Image
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
“Good docents often begin by asking the viewer, “What do you see in this work?” The idea that the expert should be… — Dale B. Martin Copy Share Image
The main reason for insisting on the universal Flood as a fact of history and as the primary vehicle for geological interpretation… — Henry M. Morris Copy Share Image
That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there [in… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the parallel narrative of our fantasy lives. How the moment of 'now' that is palpably real, is surrounded by… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
There is a sinister anachronistic interpretation of the aesthetic state as some kind of totalitarian regime that puts aesthetic over moral standards;… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be… — Chieko N. Okazaki Copy Share Image
![“These days, the selfie and its main outlet, Instagram, generally come in for much adult loathing. But consider this: The selfie is a tiny pulse of girl pride—a shout-out to the self. … The selfie suggests something in picture form—I think I look [beautiful] [happy] [funny] [sexy]. Do you?—that a…” quote by Rachel Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/544/rachel-simmons-4183_adults_these-days-the-selfie-and-its-main-outle_1407021.jpg)
![“That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there [in America] as well. It resonates with this moment and the sort of alienation from the power structure a lot of people feel, as well as a certain amount of…” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/46e/peter-van-agtmael-25908_alienation_that-kind-of-unease-that-melancholy-is-o_172380.jpg)
