Quotes About Metaphor

I was born with the ability to see in metaphor.

No claims of any and all revelations could be so far-fetched as a single giraffe.

Moreland used to say love was like sea-sickness. For a time everything round you heaved about and you felt you were going to die – then you staggered down the gangway to dry land, and a minute or two later could hardly remember what you had suffered, why you had been feeling so ghastly.

When a man tells me that a horse is an armchair, I always tell him to put the brute into his bedroom.

I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental.

Usted cree que el mundo entero es metáfora de algo?

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in the dissimilar.

the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

The blood of a goat will shatter a diamond.

It is a great thing, indeed, to make a proper use of the poetical forms, as also of compounds and strange words. But the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in dissimilars.

Evening may therefore be called 'the old age of the day,' and old age, 'the evening of life,' or, in the phrase of Empedocles, 'life's setting sun.

It is a great thing, indeed, to make a proper use of these poetical forms, as also of compounds and strange words. But the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in dissimilars.

They call it the War with the Sky." Bisesa snorted. "That's ridiculous. How can you wage war on an abstraction?" "I suspect that's the point. It means whatever you want it to mean.

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?

Good morning, Jonas. You are a furred leaf, I think.

I would rather cover my face in fire ants." "Oh

Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads arteries and so forth.

DEATH COMES SLOWLY LIKE ANTS TO A FALLEN FIG

Being a dancer is my metaphor for life because you have to know your body. Being a dancer and paying attention to fitness is all about moving in balance.

Life is like a cigarette and the world is a cigarette packet...!!!

In my reality all the mosquitoes are vampires and all fireflies are dragons.

If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood.