Contemporary Quote by Anonymous

I'm drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act.

— Anne Waldman

Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.

— Edward Sapir

“In the first place, the direct creation of words. Therein lies the mystery of tongues. To paint with words, which contains figures one knows…

— Victor Hugo

“Language needs creativity and imagination to work, if not it will seem and sound stupid with its lack of sense and meaning”

— Kimberly Loskov

“It's hard to see what the problem is. Language speakers and writers have always been inventive, and texting is just one further example of…

— Jean Aitchison

We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It's crazy even to attempt to do that.

— Aleksandar Hemon

“We can never dispense with language and the other symbol systems; for it is by means of them, and only by their means, that…

— Aldous Huxley

“The point in all this is that language is a handy whipping boy to summon and belabor when we have failed in some serious…

— Chinua Achebe

“We writers aren't sculpting in DNA, or even clay or mud, but words, sentences, paragraphs, syntax, voice; materials issued by tongue or fingertips but…

— Jonathan Lethem

The moment we shake our addiction to narrative and give up our strong-headed intent that language must say something "meaningful," we open ourselves up…

— Kenneth Goldsmith

This is what magic is. It's being able to speak in a voice which makes things happen, being able to speak in a voice…

— Terence McKenna

Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.

— Girolamo Savonarola