“It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Poets use metaphors and symbolism to construct images. I construct my images in the same way, except that I am using a… — Shirin Neshat Copy Share Image
“Three postcards await our perusal, yea, three visions of a world. One: I see a theme park where there are lots of… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
“What's this?" he inquired, none too pleasantly. "A circus?" "No, Julius. It's the end of the circus." "I see. And these are… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The swelling and towering omnibuses, the huge trucks and wagons and carriages, the impetuous hansoms and the more sobered four-wheelers, the pony-carts,… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
In essence, we string theorists have been trying to work out the score of the universe, the harmonies of the universe, the… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I believe in God, which means I am open to some absurd possibilities. But I understand the power of that faith, and… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until you burst from the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Americans don't understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They're extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No… — Suzanne Weyn Copy Share Image
When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Metaphor creates a new reality from which the original appears to be unreal. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon. — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
The effect of that is to poison the flow of information to the President himself and to create a situation where a… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
King in Crimson is actually an alchemical term. King Crimson is a metaphor for Devil or Satan, but at the same time… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Until the thirst for power parched his throat, he was a fearless and noble lord.” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on… — Scott Glenn Copy Share Image
I believe people have different ways of approaching the Word. For me, it's metaphor, written by people a long time after Christ… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
