Quote by Albert Camus

A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.

— 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

“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

“Our problem today is that we no longer believe in things but in symbols, hence our life has passed over into these symbols and…

— David R. Loy

“For the essence of the symbol cannot be altered without altering its sense.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

— Umberto Eco

“The rub is that any work of nonsense abounds with so many inviting symbols that you can start with any assumption you please about…

— Martin Gardner

“Sometimes a symbol holds more power than the thing it represents. Like the symbol for Thing, the one I created that is confusing and…

— Jarod Kintz

“I too play with symbols... but I play in such a way that I do not forget that I am playing. For nothing is…

— Johannes Kepler

“Symbolism is the science of understanding the relations between the multiple levels of reality.”

— Huston Smith

“Symbology and ritual, at best, can only mimic the Truth ... and cannot, and never has had, any mastery over the manifestations of Divinity.”

— Gabriel Brunsdon