I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as… — Jonathan Miller Copy Share Image
I'm a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
“But the greatest cause of verbicide is the fact that most people are obviously far more anxious to express their approval and… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“(Sartre) (The world is full without me, as in Nausea; the world plays at living behind a glass partition; the world is… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Stories are told over time, and so they naturally accrue meanings. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
You can't change the hand your dealt but you can change the way you play the game — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
A tale is born from an image, and the image extends and creates a network of meanings that are always equivocal. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Writers begin changing the instant they append 'The End' to a novel. Readers begin changing the moment they encounter that same phrase.… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
In any culture, if information is to maximise in a contextual space, and new meanings be born, the original story has to… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
I don't do my best work while I'm in therapy. I'm too onto myself immediately seeing meanings in things and more likely… — Ellen McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Have you ever given anyone a red rose?" Grant asked. I looked at him as if he was trying to force-feed me… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“Yes, this is what my senses alone have learned:— Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden… — Alberto Caeiro Copy Share Image
“Wake up to think of words… want to walk through pages of meanings, the links in assonance, alliteration, or just simple sense… — Initially NO Copy Share Image
The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The simple things in life like a smile, a hug, a kiss are priceless treasures. Enjoy the simple things. — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“While I worked, I thought about Earl's wife, tried to bring forth an image of the once-passionate woman: her tired, withdrawn, unsuspecting… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“It is commonplace to talk as if the world "has" meaning, to ask what "is" the meaning of a phrase, a gesture,… — Dean Barnlund Copy Share Image
'Natural' is a word that has become unmoored by its meanings. If you go into a vitamin shop, things are natural, and… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Beauty is on the inside & not the outside. If you are going to judge, judge me by my heart & not… — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
“Senses are the means Life lies in the means Life has no connotations” — Satbir Singh Noor Copy Share Image