Primitive Quotes

423 quotes by 353 authors

It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has… — John Millington Synge
Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts. — Robinson Jeffers
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
Behind it was that vast suspension bridge which always troubles me because it reminds me that in this mechanized age I am as little able… — Rebecca West
The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one. — Adolf Hitler
If you go and watch the way the primitive tribes live, you will know what work is in relation to celebration. They work the whole… — Rajneesh
Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures. — Morton Feldman
I want to be as though newborn. To be almost primitive. — Paul Klee
The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would be folly for… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods. — Sydney Pollack
Wave after wave has brought to our shores beautiful and mysterious treasures from unknown worlds: figurines, animals, fetishes, masks, ceremonial or useful objects. They are… — Dominique de Menil
Condemned and executioner are not coupled in a primitive rite. — Tanith Lee
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. — Ingrid Bengis
The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They may never disappear… — Mark Epstein
Ballet is like football. I don't understand a footballer's technique but I can see when he's playing brilliantly. People don't like ballet because they think… — Robert Helpmann
We carry our past with us, to wit, the primitive and inferior man with his desires and emotions, and it is only with an enormous… — Carl Jung
Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a child who has… — Shigeru Miyamoto
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a manâ€™s genetic… — Ayn Rand
Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are… — Carl Jung

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