Alive Quote by Joseph Campbell

“Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another. The function of the…

— Joseph Campbell

Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the…

— Joseph Campbell

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

— Alan Watts

A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

— Gloria Naylor

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

— Anonymous

A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports…

— Edward de Bono

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

— C. S. Lewis

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

— John Boorman

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

— Philipp Meyer

Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with…

— Amish Tripathi

“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme of some…

— John Bierhorst