Interpretation Quotes

499 quotes by 434 authors

The reason I often say, for me, photography is analogous to poetry, for my kind of work more so than journalism, is because it's so… — Alec Soth
You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics. — Riccardo Muti
There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an… — John Philip Sousa
Interpretation is the evidence of growth and knowledge, the latter through sorrow ? that great teacher. — Eleanora Duse
We see, not change of aspect, but change of interpretation. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the… — Ludwig von Mises
All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not soloism--we… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
Restricting too personal, and therefore prejudiced, interpretation leads to revolution - the fusion of an inner and outer reality derived from the wholeness of life… — Edward Weston
Life is like art - it is all about interpretation. — Robert Holden
I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The general impression of… — Steve Odland
I am not in front of my body, I am in it or rather I am it... If we can still speak of interpretation in… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a… — Yann Martel
Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided . . . we have frozen our vision in figures that caricature, at best… — Charles Bartlett Johnson
In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has… — Todd Boyd
State what you actually see in someone's work first: objects/space/color/directional flow - then content. Interpret. — Kay WalkingStick
I don't see the script as just a springboard for my interpretation. You do your best to serve the vision writers have - not by… — Joe Mantello
In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic… — Carter G. Woodson
If you're very liberal, then you should go and find a very liberal Zen teacher, a liberal interpretation of the doctrines of the Soto or… — Frederick Lenz
Less information often leads to more interpretation. — John Paul Caponigro
There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles. — Kenwa Mabuni

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