Basic principles Quote by Monique Wittig

We sift reality through screens composed of ideas . (And such ideas have their roots in older ideas.) Such idea systems are necessarily limited…

— Frank Herbert

We must now turn from considering the necessary struggle with language arising, as it were, from its very nature and the nature of the…

— Chinua Achebe

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

— Adrienne Rich

“Words are like physical objects around us that appear to be continuous and whole but are in fact composed of particles too small for…

— Christina Meldrum

The structure of language determines not only thought, but reality itself.

— Noam Chomsky

Words are just rules and regulations to me.

— Patti Smith

Reality changes words far more than words can ever change reality.

— Mark Forsyth

“The change of language is a change in reality.”

— Stephen Mitchell

When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words.

— Taitetsu Unno

Reality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language…

— Anandamayi Ma

Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn…

— Craig Brown

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also…

— Gunter Grass