Quotes About Interpretation

Though the web of history cannot be unravelled into separate threads without destroying it, a certain amount of subdivision of the subject is, for practical purposes, essential.

History does not consult the convenience of historians, though some of them are not always aware of it.

It is silent, an anagram for listen. That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent.

Narrative is the frame upon which we hang selected swaths of experience in order to construct a shelter of meaning.

We do not have direct access to the physical world. It may feel as if we have direct access, but this is an illusion created by our brain" (Frith 2007).

Rothko's paintings consist of strong formal elements such as color, shape, balance, depth, composition, and scale.

As Rothko was to say about these later works, "A painting is not a picture of an experience. It is an experience.

My central premise is that although the reductionist approaches of scientists and artists are not identical in their aims—scientists use reductionism to solve a complex problem and artists use it to elicit a new perceptual and emotional response in the beholder—they are analogous.

1996, pp. 774-775) elaborated on the original SCOT model by pointing out that the way a product is interpreted is not restricted to the design stage of a technology

Because When you write about people, you inevitably offend--but if you write about animals, the evil do not recognize themselves but the good understand immediately.

Not only is the archaeological record incomplete, but it has been sifted largely by male archaeologists, wearing the blinkers of patriarchy, assuming that monotheism represented an advance over polytheism and paganism, and seeking to justify the holy books upon which their patriarchal civilization was based.

Lisait-il vraiment? Son oeil plissait, egare, sur les mots couches; il ne les reveillait pas, il les laissait dormir dans le troupeau du paragraphe. Il etait plus un gardien de livres qu'un lecteur.

Che gli uomini ci credano o meno, sfuggono a Dio perché rimangono liberi. Sta a loro mettere a frutto quella libertà, che esisterà solo se la utilizzano. Che il cielo sia pieno o vuoto, non c'è dubbio che tocchi agli uomini farsi carico degli uomini. Anzi, farsi carico di Dio. Soltanto loro possono travestirlo o comprenderlo, ascoltarlo o rimanere sordi, leggerlo bene o leggerlo male, esercitare il proprio spirito critico.

Let me enjoy my fan-wanking. Your what? Let me arrange the story to meet my own personal needs.

I've often thought madness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

how to write truly and having found what is true, to project it in such a way that it becomes part of the experience of the person who reads it.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

Sip Someone else's logic then spit it out

Historian: A broad-gauge gossip.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.

is there a difference between being the midwife of truth, or the midwife of legends?

people always manage to 'prove' what they want to believe; they'd be just as well off if they tried to prove the opposite.

Le plus important dans une Å"uvre littéraire, ce n'était pas le message que l'auteur avait souhaité nous transmettre, mais les nourritures intellectuelles et affectives que chaque lecteur pouvait y puiser lui-même.