Quotes About Symbolism

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that.

I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're seen as the messengers of God, so they're important to me because I'm a Christian.

For millennia, artists and mystics have pondered the question of how to represent that which, by definition, cannot or must not be represented.

Numerals are images of amounts. But the amounts they represent are real.

I have this idea that you can use glamour and still have it represent something that matters.

Baseball, of course, has long been played under the burden of metaphor. More so than basketball or football, it is supposed to represent something larger than itself.

It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.

One point about understanding Donald Trump is that he is always representing something which has only a casual connection to what he actually is.

The federal government should only be flying the flag that represents all people, the American flag.

Rain symbolizes darkness but also represents an essential part of rebirth.

Old Glory represents our great American military and their sacrifices to ensure our freedom. This isn't a political issue. This is about Patriotism, and we need more of it.

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.

We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.

I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.

The whole new Democratic Party is the old Republican Party. We have a whole bunch of elephants running around in donkey's clothes.

With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion.

Costumes are all about identifying which force in a conflict you're on. That's where banners and flags came from - so people rushing into battle knew who to follow and who was on their side.

I like both antireligious and traditional Catholic imagery.

I know 'Napalm' seems like a military-themed album, but what it is, is just the backdrop and the imagery that we used.

Our society's dependence on imagery says a lot about our values.

I know how important imagery is.

When I eventually get my hands on Covington, its more than just a fight: it symbolizes so many other things. It symbolizes the attitude toward immigrants in this country and around the world.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

The nation had had two symbols of solitude, the forest and the prairies; now it had a third, the mountains.