Existential Quote by Albert Camus

“A symbol is always in general and, however precise its translation, an artist can restore to it only its movement: there is no word-for-word…

— Albert Camus

“Nothing is harder to understand than a symbolic work. A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say…

— Albert Camus

Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.

— Saint Augustine

By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly…

— Carl Jung

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.

— Umberto Eco

A true symbol appears only when there is a need to express what thought cannot think or what is only divined or felt.

— Anonymous

Symbols have power and meaning and can mean different things to different people at different times and in different contexts.

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations…

— Manly Hall

“Symbols are more real than the things and ideas they represent”

— Anil Jain

“Far more powerful than religion, far more powerful than money, or even land or violence, are symbols. Symbols are stories. Symbols are pictures, or…

— Lia Habel

We often find far more power in a symbol than in something that is an an actuality.

— Steven Berkoff

A symbol may serve to transfer our intuitions and to suggest new ones only so long as its meaning is not defined.

— P.D. Ouspensky