Quotes About Symbolism

A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.

Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us.

All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland.

Of all the trees that grow so fair Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.

Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.

This is the blood's wild tree that grows the intricate and folded rose

My mother, she killed me, My father, he ate me, My sister Marlene, Gathered all my bones, Tied them in a silken scarf, Laid them beneath the juniper tree, Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I.

If my Valentine you won't be, I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree.

Maple-trees are the cows of trees (spring-milked).

Willow trees are kind, Dear God. They will not bear a body on their limbs.

I have to create an object which resembles the tree. The sign for a tree, and not the sign that other artists may have found for the tree.

John Clare, in his poem To a Fallen Elm, makes the tree a selfmark as well as a landmark.

And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant.

If you were a tree, what kind would you be?

The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

I'm Jewish and my wife isn't so right now we're literally decorating a Christmas tree with Jewish stars draped around it.

A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground.

My tribute to mystical, magical trees that the Cherokee called "standing people. . . ."

Arbores loqui latine. The trees speak Latin.

When the president of the United States flicks the switch to light up the Christmas tree on the White House lawn, that house ceases to be an American symbol; it becomes a Christian symbol.

In the southern hemisphere, covering the Christmas tree with fake snow even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.

The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint, nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.

If you will let it, this Blue Willow platter can represent my promise to fill your life with my trust and love and a houseful of children. - Peter Andersen