Interpretation Quotes

499 quotes by 434 authors

Unable to create a meaningful life for itself, the personality takes its own revenge: from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity: raw… — Lewis Mumford
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social… — Anna Garlin Spencer
In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge… — Susan Sontag
Interpretation, based on the highly dubious theory that a work of art is composed of items of content, violates art. It makes art into an… — Susan Sontag
The most terrible fight is not when there is one opinion against another, the most terrible is when two men say the same thing --… — Soren Kierkegaard
... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find… — Henry de Montherlant
None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than… — James Nachtwey
Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting.… — Marisha Pessl
Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its… — Christian Lous Lange
I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation. — Andrej Pejic
The human race is facing all kinds of problems, and all we are doing is pointing fingers and saying, 'Your interpretation of the problem is… — Shane Smith
I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents. — Benjamin Walker
The ultimate lesson of The Interpretation of Dreams: reality is for those who cannot sustain the dream. — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
I never felt interpretation was my job. — Mary Leakey
I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.' The character of Batman can encompass any interpretation, which is what… — Grant Morrison
Pictures are the idea in visual or pictorial form; and the idea has to be legible, both in the individual picture and in the collective… — Gerhard Richter
Welles and I differed, however, in our interpretation of the results of the Munich Conference, he being optimistic, I skeptical. In a radio address on… — H.G. Wells
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz
We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations. — Kenneth Burke
I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and… — Oliver Stone

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