Quotes About Meaning

When it has finished saying it, it no longer is. The longer it is in saying it, the more it can say it at length, the more slowly it melts, the better quality it is.

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

No, no, not in the law, it ain't. Not in the end, I mean. When a man is dead, sense must be made of it; and it might

No, no, not in the law, it ain't. Not in the end, I mean. When a man is dead, sense must be made of it; and it might as well be sense as serves the living, for it won't serve the dead, nohow.

Without faith, there'd be nothing but indifferent material forces at work. It's only when the idea of events having an author is introduced that the universe becomes cruel, as opposed to merely heavy, or fast-moving, or prone to unpredictable acceleration.

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

What man seeks, to the point of anguish, in his gods, in his art, in his science, is meaning. He cannot bear the void. He pours meaning on events like salt on his food.

But being is making; not only large things, a family, a book, a business; but the shape we give this afternoon, a conversation between friends, a meal.

After sex & metaphysics,— … what? What you have made.

engaging' pupils rather than instructing them. Meaningless phrases such as 'linking cross curricular activities' and 'teaching children rather than subjects' are bandied around to wise nods of approval, but the one question that is never asked is: 'Does any of this weird stuff really work?

You little belter,' she whooped. I took that as a compliment.

worship can play a revolutionary role in the transformation of our symbols, including our doctrinal formulations.

It gives an artist's impression. Which has a kind of truth.

Find your soul and you'll live. Lose your soul and you'll die.

The point about words is—the better you use them, the stronger is the thought that wears them.

Stories are where you go to look for the truth of your own life.

Some men acheive insignificance. Others have insignificance thrust upon them.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

there is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.

Philip Johnson is a highbrow. A highbrow is a man educated beyond his capacity. His house is a box of glass — not shelter. The meaning of the word shelter includes privacy.

The mission of an architect is to help people understand how to make life more beautiful, the world a better one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.

I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.