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title: "10 Mirror Held Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Mirror Held quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mirror Held sayings and thoughts."
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> [Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertolt-brecht/art-is-not-a-mirror-held-up-to-reality-but-a-hammer-with-which-to/)

[Bertolt Brecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertolt-brecht/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/bertolt-brecht-1065_art_art-is-not-a-mirror-held-up-to-reality-b_52415.jpg)

> [“Art is not a mirror held up to society but a hammer with which to shape it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertolt-brecht/art-is-not-a-mirror-held-up-to-society-but-a-hammer-with-which-to/)

[Bertolt Brecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertolt-brecht/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/bertolt-brecht-1065_art_art-is-not-a-mirror-held-up-to-society-b_334077.jpg)

> [True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-aniston/true-love-brings-up-everything-you-re-allowing-a-mirror-to-be-held-up/)

[Jennifer Aniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-aniston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/jennifer-aniston-1109_love_true-love-brings-up-everything-you-re-al_341873.jpg)

> [I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-shields/i-ve-never-found-therapy-to-be-a-sign-of-weakness-i-ve-found-the/)

[Brooke Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-shields/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/brooke-shields-8270_being-true_i-ve-never-found-therapy-to-be-a-sign-of_222002.png)

> [And here's the surprising truth: As you gaze at yourself in the mirror held by another, you will see far more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/and-here-s-the-surprising-truth-as-you-gaze-at-yourself-in-the-mirror/)

[Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/steve-goodier-7151_beauty_and-here-s-the-surprising-truth-as-you-g_1999159.jpg)

> [All I've ever wanted to do was be a great dad, and yet there's no stopping this existential mirror that's held up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-krasinski/all-i-ve-ever-wanted-to-do-was-be-a-great-dad-and-yet-there-s-no/)

[John Krasinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-krasinski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/john-krasinski-4756_dad_all-i-ve-ever-wanted-to-do-was-be-a-grea_346716.jpg)

> [When I was little, I looked in the mirror and held the Bible in my hand - that's how I talked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-arenas/when-i-was-little-i-looked-in-the-mirror-and-held-the-bible-in-my/)

[Gilbert Arenas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-arenas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/gilbert-arenas-3494_bible_when-i-was-little-i-looked-in-the-mirror_1597289.png)

> [“It was the most natural thing in the world because from out of his mouth were coming most of the things I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-koomson/it-was-the-most-natural-thing-in-the-world-because-from-out-of-his/)

[Dorothy Koomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-koomson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/dorothy-koomson-8017_falling-in-love_it-was-the-most-natural-thing-in-the-wor_2236933.jpg)

> [Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that’s what it is. The nature is your nature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/shakespeare-said-that-art-is-a-mirror-held-up-to-nature-and-that-s-2/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/joseph-campbell-300_art_shakespeare-said-that-art-is-a-mirror-he_2195199.png)

> [“Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that’s what it is. The nature is your nature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/shakespeare-said-that-art-is-a-mirror-held-up-to-nature-and-that-s/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/joseph-campbell-300_art_shakespeare-said-that-art-is-a-mirror-he_1491861.png)

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