Quotes About Symbolism

In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them. We wed and christen with flowers.

American independence dates from the throwing of tea-chests into Boston harbour.

Al ofrecer a su amada la primera guirnalda, el hombre primitivo se eleva sobre la bestia; saltando sobre las necesidades burdas de la naturaleza, se hace humano; percibiendo la sutil utilidad de lo inútil, entra en el reino del arte.

This is the worst of our ways of remembering--this tendency to prod the crust of anecdote in the hope of releasing a gush of piping-hot symbolism.

I think that clothes and accessories define and describe who we are. I can't see many differences between them; they are indeed a way to introduce ourselves to other people, and they help us transmitting a message to others.

This Romeo character is something I decided to create, like my alter ego. So the name Romeo was invented from the original Romeo and Juliet. I wanted to show people I'm like a modern Romeo.

I think it's important to wear clothing that means something to you, and so I always try to make sure I'm wearing at least one item that has a personal meaning to me.

I thought of 24 Sussex Drive as the crown jewel of the federal penitentiary system.

I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

For me, jewelry is a true investment. It's sentimental and it's meaningful.

Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.

In Mexico people wear hummingbird amulets around their necks to show they are searching for love. Here people pretend that they aren't. Searching.

It Is The Wisdom Of Crocodiles, That Shed Tears When They Would Devour

When they crossed the street, he didn't even take her arm. Of course, a faun wouldn't.

What is blacker than the 'raven'? Answer; His Feathers:

Cubism is a Cathedral of shit.

And indeed what are the heavens, the earth, nay every creature, but Hieroglyphics and Emblems of [God's] Glory?

Cuando los estetas se ponen metafísicos, suelen quedarse en alegóricos, y eso jode.

When Mark records the baptism of Jesus, he says that Jesus saw the heavens "splitting apart" (Mark 1:10 NLT). The Greek term for this word is the same used in Exodus 14:21 in the Greek Old Testament.* Exodus 14:21 is speaking about the "splitting apart" ("dividing") of the Red Sea at Israel's exodus.

There are two distinct aspects to Communion wine: one aspect is the wine itself, the other is the idea of communion. Wine is certainly warming, but communion is a great deal more so.

Wine and bread. This has always seemed rather ghoulish to me, as though one were smearing the threshold with Puree of Christ. "Thank

Mithra became the Sun,

In order to express our sense of reality, we must use some kind of symbol: words or notes or shades of paint or television pictures or sculpted forms. None of those symbols or images can ever completely satisfy us because they can never be any more than what they are—a fragment of a reflection of what we feel reality to be.

and a man, half black and half white, on his right arm. That means something in skinhead lore, but I don't know what.