"Stories are the reproductive organs of language." — Robert Bringhurst

"Stories are the reproductive organs of language."

— Robert Bringhurst

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25 Quotes by Robert Bringhurst

Robert Bringhurst has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for…
Typography at its best is a visual form of language linking timelessness and time.
Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have…
Typographic style is founded not on any one technology of typesetting or printing, but on the primitive yet subtle craft…
If you divide the world into them and us, and history into ours and theirs, or if you think of…
When you think intensely and beautifully, something happens. That something is called poetry. If you think that way and speak…
Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.
When you die, your culture takes you in, and then, if you've given enough, your place is near the centre.
Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form, and thus with an independent existence. Its…
Poetry, I'm often told, is something made of words. I think it really goes the other way around: words are…
Drop a word in the ocean of meaning and concentric ripples form. To define a single word means to try…
In a world rife with unsolicited messages, typography must often draw attention to itself before it will be read. Yet…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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