Interpretation Quotes

"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is" "Translation is the art of failure" "It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true." "Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation." "What we see is not what we see but what we are." "Life is whatever we make of it. The traveler is the journey. What we see isn't what we see but what we are." "A person hears only what they understand " "I think people listen with their eyes, hearing sees more than the ear sees." "Science is nothing but perception" "A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams." "Art tells you what's beyond, without explicitly telling you" "The original is unfaithful to the translation" "The question is not what you look at, but what you see " "Experience has taught me that the features of a man's face are a narrative which is revealed as attentively as a fragment of a written text " "Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people the beauty within themselves" "The devil can cite scripture for his purpose." "Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation" "A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood, it becomes a living experience" "Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said." "There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view "