Allegories Quotes

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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have… — Herman Melville
I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams. — Manuel Puig
There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories. — Stanley Kubrick
A Witch's work is mind work and utilizes powerful metaphors, allegories, and images that unlock the powers of the mind. — Laurie Cabot
Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth… — Henry Timrod
The writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories. — Michel Tournier
The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues taught by symbols,… — William Howard Taft
Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things. — Walter Benjamin
There are many ways of writing badly about painting... There is an 'appreciative' language of threadbare, not inaccurate, but overexposed and irritating words... the language… — A. S. Byatt
Obviously I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going to not… — Neill Blomkamp
Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting themselves be carried away… — Milan Kundera
A naked lunch is natural to us We eat reality sandwiches. But allegories are so much lettuce. Don't hide the madness. — Allen Ginsberg

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