Meanings Quotes

329 Meanings quotes by 277 unique authors

The word good has many meanings... — Gilbert K. Chesterton
No poem should be an urn to contain a meaning, but a net to catch what meanings float through the day. — J. D. McClatchy
I like to keep the meanings in my work flowing and open. — Bill Viola
It is possible to make buildings by stringing together patterns, in a rather loose way. A building made like this, is an assembly of patterns.… — Christopher Alexander
Don't look for the meanings; look for the use. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. — Stephen Spender
As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it… — Damien Hirst
Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and… — Eric Maisel
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
We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose.… — Robert Genn
Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it's mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There's the art of plumbing; there's the… — Wayne Thiebaud
There is a compulsion that is perhaps the heart of life's meanings, this marvelous mystery of blood ties that brings joy whenever a new family… — Walter Cronkite
There's a certain Slant of light, Winter afternoons— That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes— Heavenly Hurt, it gives us— We can find no… — Emily Dickinson
You and I must realize that the English language is filled with words that, in addition to their literal meanings, convey distinct emotional intensity. For… — Tony Robbins
I try to write in a way where the lyrics have many meanings and you won't really know what's behind it. — Taylor Momsen
None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand the oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look, or the conversational… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the value-shaper, the exemplar,… — Tom Peters
Oddly, the meanings of books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings. — Lev Grossman
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything -… — J. Cole
All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. — George Eliot
God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. — George Herbert
It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music. — Kelly Jones
It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because the meaning, it's… — David Lynch
I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture… — Wynton Marsalis

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