Mimesis Quotes
- On the whole, dialogue is the most difficult thing, without any doubt. It's very difficult, unfortunately. You have to detach yourself from the notion of… — John Fowles
- Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy mockery as genuine… — Steve Almond
- The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that… — Leland Ryken
- Newness only becomes mere evil in its totalitarian format, where all the tension between individual and society, that once gave rise to the category of… — Theodor Adorno