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title: "21 Deconstruct Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Deconstruct quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Deconstruct sayings and thoughts."
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> [I like to deconstruct things, deconstruct genres and stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-gluck/i-like-to-deconstruct-things-deconstruct-genres-and-stories/)

[Will Gluck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-gluck/)

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> [“True masters deconstruct as well as reconstruct.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/true-masters-deconstruct-as-well-as-reconstruct/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [I don't want to deconstruct what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/i-don-t-want-to-deconstruct-what-i-do/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

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> [“Freedom is what's left when the belief systems deconstruct.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gore/freedom-is-what-s-left-when-the-belief-systems-deconstruct/)

[Dana Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gore/)

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> [I don't know any filmmaker who can deconstruct their own work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-don-t-know-any-filmmaker-who-can-deconstruct-their-own-work/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

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> [We are solely responsible for constructing our depression. It wasn't given to us. Therefore we can deconstruct it also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/we-are-solely-responsible-for-constructing-our-depression-it-wasn-t/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

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> [It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/it-s-part-of-a-cycle-of-stories-i-m-writing-where-i-deconstruct/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/cory-doctorow-1928_classic_it-s-part-of-a-cycle-of-stories-i-m-writ_897757.png)

> ['Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/apocalypse-now-does-not-alienate-us-or-deconstruct-itself-in-fact-it/)

[James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/james-gray-7197_alienate_apocalypse-now-does-not-alienate-us-or-d_2038842.jpg)

> [You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-ellis/you-largely-constructed-your-depression-it-wasn-t-given-to-you/)

[Albert Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-ellis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/albert-ellis-3379_constructed_you-largely-constructed-your-depression_451693.jpg)

> [If you deconstruct Greece, you will in the end see an olive tree, a grapevine, and a boat remain. That is, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseas-elytis/if-you-deconstruct-greece-you-will-in-the-end-see-an-olive-tree-a/)

[Odysseas Elytis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseas-elytis/)

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> [“Out of them all, Socrates is the hardest to deconstruct... Indeed, he may just be indeconstructible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-cohen/out-of-them-all-socrates-is-the-hardest-to-deconstruct-indeed-he-may/)

[Martin Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-cohen/)

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> [With a band like Shenandoah, you don't want to take things and deconstruct them to a point where you don't recognize them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-demarcus/with-a-band-like-shenandoah-you-don-t-want-to-take-things-and/)

[Jay DeMarcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-demarcus/)

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> [I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-spent-a-long-time-learning-how-to-construct-clothes-which-is/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

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> [“The outcome is to delegitimize and deconstruct the kings in effective ways in order to show that while they occupy the forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-outcome-is-to-delegitimize-and-deconstruct-the-kings-in-effective/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

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> [When I see a shoe, I deconstruct it in my head. It comes from spending childhood summers around my grandad's denim factory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-france/when-i-see-a-shoe-i-deconstruct-it-in-my-head-it-comes-from-spending/)

[Tan France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-france/)

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> [I come from a generation where you put the art out and had the luxury to sit back and watch the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-come-from-a-generation-where-you-put-the-art-out-and-had-the-luxury/)

[M.I.A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-i-a/)

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> [I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-frith/i-think-that-one-of-the-things-that-influences-me-most-as-a-composer/)

[Fred Frith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-frith/)

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> [Sometimes you can feel like the only person in the world to have struggled in a certain way and there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/sometimes-you-can-feel-like-the-only-person-in-the-world-to-have/)

[Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/)

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> [I try to use my privilege to deconstruct from inside the racist, homophobic, heterocentric house, as an ally, while compatriot tools dismantle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-allen-hall/i-try-to-use-my-privilege-to-deconstruct-from-inside-the-racist/)

[James Allen Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-allen-hall/)

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> [“To deconstruct a concept is to analyze it in a way which reveals its construction—both in the temporal sense of its birth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jensen/to-deconstruct-a-concept-is-to-analyze-it-in-a-way-which-reveals-its/)

[Robert Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jensen/)

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> [In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/in-my-art-i-deconstruct-and-then-i-reconstruct-so-visual-perception/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

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