His Own Language Quotes

13 quotes by 13 authors

• Every man prays in his own language. — Duke Ellington
• This word "description" may be disconcerting when used to refer to what is generally called a translation. But when one wishes to render a verbal… — Gaston Bachelard
• Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke French to each… — Susanna Clarke
• The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language. — Paul de Man
• Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste,… — Augustine Birrell
• Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he's actually trying to create his own language. — Leo Ornstein
• The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly. — Bill Vaughan
• An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to… — Henri Matisse
• He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish. — Jose Rizal
• She stood before him and surrendered herself to him and sky, forest, and brook all came toward him in new and resplendent colors, belonged to… — Hermann Hesse
• He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language. — Kató Lomb
• It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate… — Walter Benjamin
• In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak… — Terry Pratchett

Who Wrote These His Own Language Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 13 His Own Language Quotes as follows:

• 1 His Own Language Quote by Gaston Bachelard
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Susanna Clarke
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Paul de Man
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Augustine Birrell
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Leo Ornstein
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Bill Vaughan
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Henri Matisse
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Jose Rizal
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Hermann Hesse
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Kató Lomb
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Walter Benjamin
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Terry Pratchett
• 1 His Own Language Quote by Duke Ellington