"Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it……" — Umberto Eco
"Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings."
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275 Quotes by Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco has 275 quotes on this site.
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Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of…
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In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness.
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If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third…
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The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity,…
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The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to…
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The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be destroyed, because its…
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Every great thinker is someone else's moron.
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When all the archetypes burst out shamelessly, we plumb the depths of Homeric profundity. Two clichés make us laugh but…
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There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.
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American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC
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There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated…
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More Creates Quotes
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state…
— Aristotle
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an…
— Kevin Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous…
— Alan Ball
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I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work…
— Ernie Banks
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The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
— Scott Adams
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
— Melody Beattie
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All oppression creates a state of war.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty…
— Jeff Bezos
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One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
— Lewis Black
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