Symbolism Quotes

79 quotes by 75 authors

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. — Arthur C. Clarke
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular… — Lascelles Abercrombie
The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th… — Aberjhani
One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for example say you're… — John Green
Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth… — Stephen King
All nature is a vast symbolism: Every material fact has sheathed within it a spiritual truth. — Edwin Powell Hubble
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As… — Kevin Martin
Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think. — Grant Morrison
Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great Anglo-Saxon ball games… — John Fowles
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act. Better to get… — Ray Bradbury
After all, we did not invent symbolism; it is a universal age-old activity of the human imagination. — Sigmund Freud
I hold the view that the alchemistâ€™s hope of conjuring out of matter the philosophical gold, or the panacea, or the wonderful stone, was only… — Carl Jung
The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike… — Theodor Adorno
Intuition is a method of feeling one's way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing, in order to locate what is unique and inexpressible… — Henri Bergson
In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort… — Roman Jakobson
For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally… — Maurice Ravel
Any impatient student of mathematics or science or engineering who is irked by having algebraic symbolism thrust upon him should try to get along without… — Eric Temple Bell
The Masonic movement... is the custodian of the law; it is the home of the Mysteries and the seat of initiation. It holds in its… — Alice Bailey
What happened to those men and women at Fort Hood had a horrible symbolism: Members of the best trained, best equipped fighting force on the… — Mark Steyn

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