Interpretation Quotes

499 quotes by 434 authors

Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection. — Freeman Tilden
The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation. — Freeman Tilden
If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal. — Paul Ricoeur
A Composer who hears sounds will try to find a notation for sounds. One who has ideas will find one that expresses his ideas, leaving… — Cornelius Cardew
Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the… — Margaret J. Wheatley
Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeareâ€™s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an… — D. A. Carson
Every kind of ignorance in the world all results from not realizing that our perceptions are gambles. We believe what we see and then we… — Robert Anton Wilson
A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?' — Roger Scruton
As commonly understood, creationism involves belief in an earth formed only about ten thousand years ago, an interpretation of the Bible that is still very… — Michael Behe
Think of prototypes as a funny markup language--the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine. — Larry Wall
I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation. — Dan Reynolds
Masculinity & femininity are just styles. They are interpretations — Rad Hourani
It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are… — David Nail
I donâ€™t like to talk about what my paintings mean since they are so personal, so I like to leave it up to the viewerâ€™s… — Lori Earley
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In college, in the early 1950s, I began to learn a little about how science works, the secrets of its great success, how rigorous the… — Carl Sagan
Philostratus, in his Life of Apollonius Tyaneus represents the latter as informing King Phraotes that "the Oneiropolists, or Interpreters of Visions, are wont never to… — Anna Kingsford
Culture as art is the peak expression of man's creativity, his capacity to break out of nature's narrow bounds, and hence out of the degrading… — Allan Bloom
Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to understand my English… — Melissa Bank
To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human… — George Steiner

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