“Language is, without a doubt, the most momentous and at the same time the most mysterious product of the human mind.” MindHumansLanguageDoubtProductsMysteriousHuman Mind Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
“Music is 'significant form,' and its significance is that of a symbol, a highly articulated, sensuous object, which by virtue of its dynamic structure can express the forms of vital experience which language is peculiarly unfit to convey. Feeling, life, motion and emotion constitute its import.” FeelingsFormLanguageEmotionMusicVirtueObjectsMusic IsStructureSignificantSymbolsSignificanceImportsSensuous Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
“Magic, then, is not a method, but a language; it is part and parcel of that greater phenomenon, ritual, which is the language of religion. Ritual is a symbolic transformation of experiences that no other medium can adequately express.” LanguageGreaterMagicTransformationMethodMediumsPhenomenonRitualSymbolicParcel Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
“Real thinking is possible only in the light of genuine language, no matter how limited, how primitive.” ThinkingRealMatterLightLanguageGenuinePrimitive Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
