Quotes About Interpretation

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment.

Without the interpretation of the universe by man to the glory of God the whole world would be meaningless

Art is communication spoken by man for humanity in a language raised above the everyday happening.

The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.

My opinion of art is that a man should have love for it, because my idea is that he paints from his heart and mind.

It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.

A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

The artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man.

Contemporary man has rationalized the myths, but he has not been able to destroy them.

There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat" in the pan; which is, when that which a man says to another, he says it as if another had said it to him.

One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses.

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

The only man I knew who could make a curse sound like a caress.

It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.

A deaf and dumb person who sees two men in conversation - may nevertheless understand from the attitudes and gestures of the speakers, how well their discussion is getting along.

If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was made from his funny bone.