quotes about Allegory
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Nature is a word, an allegory, a mold, an embossing, if you will.
-- Charles Baudelaire -
The writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories.
-- Michel Tournier -
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
-- Naguib Mahfouz -
There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.
-- Stanley Kubrick -
Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.
-- Walter Benjamin -
Allegory dwells in a transparent palace.
-- Antoine-Marin LemierreSource : "La Peinture". Poem by Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1769.
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Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.
-- Jeff Smith
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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“The calibre of TV's changing. It's becoming much more epic. To rival film, definitely.”