Quotes About Interpretation

There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation.

History breaks down in images not into stories.

The brain highlights what it imagines as patterns; it disregards contradictory information. Human nature yearns to see order and hierarchy in the world. It will invent it where it cannot find it.

Documentaries shouldn't just reflect the world: they should try and explain why reality is like it is.

I like to write about things that don't reflect exactly on my life.

I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.

Fine artists reflect, and then they act. Fashion photographers - we act, and then we reflect.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.

Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.

Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.

Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?

When there are no lyrics, people can picture what they want. It's a reflection of where they are in their lives. Music becomes a mirror.

Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work.

Every actor has his own approach towards acting. I believe you do not become the character you are playing. You may get closer to it but you do not lose yourself. There's just a reflection of the character in you.

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

I like to write a piece of music that reflects how I felt about a film as opposed to, here's this action scene; here's this set piece.

Our interest in history always reflects our own times.

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

A film reflects who you are as a building reflects the soul of its architect. I think what you feel and what you think and what you are is what the film is. It's not for me to talk about.

Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing.

Our culture reflects back what is true. It doesn't always reflect it back reliably. It can distort things.

You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way.