“A stubborn refusal of the conditions of 20th Century 'reality', surrealism has denied intransigently and consistently that modern man can live without… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
For some reason there's this myth that creativity - [especially] in terms of creative writing - is a gift you either have,… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
It is said that my art has some typically Nordic features: the curving lines, the convolutions, the magical masks and staring eyes… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
A part of me wants to sort of try and sound cool and feed this myth that I'm some sort of glamorous… — Moby Copy Share Image
The "October Revolution" is a myth generated by the winners, the Bolsheviks, and swallowed whole by progressive circles in the West. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things. — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
“In a segment of the Sermon on the Mount, appearing in Matthew 5, Jesus is reported to have set six new teachings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
Behind every myth lies a truth; beyond every legend is reality, as radiant (sometimes as chilling) as the story itself. — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
The fairy tale, which to this day is the first tutor of children because it was once the first tutor of mankind,… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I've always loved King Kong. He's like a modern-day myth, an icon of the cinema. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
If you look at the heroes of antiquity and myth, they all have flaws. It's something that they have to overcome; their… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
It's a common myth that athletes and other highly active people need the protein from meat and dairy to fuel their activities… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
We have this idea that everyone should be totally independent, totally whole, totally together spiritually, totally fulfilled. That is a myth. In… — Gerald May Copy Share Image
The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you? — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world? How does it so fail to hold our attention… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I've long said that comic books are the modern equivalent of our Greek myths. — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Job security is a myth...it is also risky for self-employed people in my opinion. If they get sick, injured, or die, their… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image