Symbolism Quotes

“The content of the chosen fairy tale has nothing to do with the patient's real life, but a great deal to do with his inner problems, which are here symbolically expressed.”

“The shield is everything. It's what we stand for, it's what our league is about.”

“The drowned world had become a vast unconscious, the repository of all the fears and hopes of the race.”

“Matter is the symbol of Spirit.”

“If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.”

“I have spent my days searching for what should be the role of the Emperor, who is designated to be the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people.”

“Never in the history of this world has our country had a greater need for a symbol of friendliness.”

“The train is a mysterious entity. Its passage is a miracle of precision and violence.”

“A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.”

“The nude for me is not a subject, but a language.”

“The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.”

“Read my pins.”

“The fork was my way of telling the world I was here.”

“The sword also means clean-ness and death. So does the desert, just as clean and just as potent.”

“I believe that the language of icons and symbols is still relevant.”

“The tattoo on my face was a cross, and it was a statement of my faith.”

“Everything is symbolic, including the fact that everything is symbolic.”

“Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow is the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the colour that must be fought and vanquished by the other two.”

“The universe is a symbol of God.”

“When you go beyond the rational mind, you enter the realm of the intuitive, the symbolic, the mythical.”