Quotes About Interpretation

Okay, now, fair warning: If you're super-sensitive to words, skip this paragraph. But I'm telling you, this smell, this growing stink drifting down toward me, could only be described as that word that's created when F meets Art.

And yes, I know I saw something. We both did. But knowing you saw something is different from knowing what you saw.

My paintings are not meant to be tasted.

He who says collage says the irrational.

Ich bin auf Erfahrungen angewiesen, die ich nicht begrifflich fassen kann, die mich hilflos machen und von daher narrativ.

illusory transparency of intent.

The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.

Wise is the man who learns the nonverbal language of his wife, who notes the nod and discerns the gestures. It's not just what is said, but how. It's not just how, but when. It's not just when, but where. Good husbanding is good decoding. You've got to read the signs.

Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry.

Schubert Impromptus that Louise Bogan gave me—Opus 90 and Opus 142, Gieseking.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.

It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.

Your grandmother says you read a lot. Every chance you get. That's good, but not good enough. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.

Sua avó diz que você lê muito. Em todas as oportunidades que tem. Isso é bom, mas não o suficiente. Palavras significam mais do que é colocado no papel. É preciso a voz humana para dar a elas as nuances do significado mais profundo.

Tu abuela dice que lees mucho, siempre que tienes oportunidad. Eso está bien, pero no es suficiente. Las palabras significan más de lo que dicen en el papel. Necesitan la voz humana para que les infunda los matices del significado más profundo.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning." I

Es una verdad universal que cuando una mujer dice que ha estado pensando, el hombre tiene que preocuparse

She said nothing the entire time she was with you? Let nothing slip? Think, Alaric. The had to have said something. It simply isn't a woman's nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.

I will note in passing that we shared a dislike for both writers and scholars who treat some body, or some body of work, as if they owned it.

CracKing: No need to yell. > FtLouie: I'm not yelling!!! > CracKing: You're using excessive amounts of punctuation, and on-line, that's like yelling.

Maybe you just saw what you wanted to see. Or maybe you justfelt what you wanted to feel.

And that whole do-able/undo-able thing? Yeah. Need I point out that neither Ruth nor I have ever done anybody in our lives?