Archetype Quotes

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Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable. — Tanith Lee
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and… — Maynard James Keenan
Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes. — Maynard James Keenan
I don't really think that very much is interesting about the superhero as an archetype. — Alan Moore
I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes. — Christopher Nolan
Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great… — Chuck Palahniuk
While archetypes may emanate through us for short periods of time, in what we call numinous experience, no woman can emanate an archetype continuously. Only… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
There are things that are more important than the news and whatâ€™s happening today. There are these archetypes which are part of the human imagination… — Clive Barker
Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our… — Terence McKenna
With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasyâ€”something a lot of people didnâ€™t notice and maybe still donâ€™t. He brought… — Steven Erikson
To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time. — Anton Szandor LaVey
Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as… — Dan Brown
Fantasy is not antirational, but pararational; not realistic but surrealistic, a heightening of reality. In Freud's terminology, it employs primary not secondary process thinking. It… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me. — Patricia Briggs
Iâ€™m the archetype of a disabled genius, or should I say a physically challenged genius, to be politically correct. At least Iâ€™m obviously physically challenged.… — Stephen Hawking
Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it… — Buster Keaton
I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isnâ€™t some faction archetype. But the Tris whoâ€™s trying as hard as… — Veronica Roth
In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total ditwads, that the… — Sarah Strohmeyer
Thought as suchâ€¦ is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has inherited from its… — Theodor Adorno
I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion -… — Donatella Versace

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