“Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time.” PeopleBookBeliefRealizingAttitudePaintingAbstractInterpretationSurprisingThrillingAbstract Painting Author:Marisha Pessl
“It suits my own attitude toward the world and its people to believe that the Raven is this completely self-centered, uninvolved bringer of change, through inadvertence and accident, and so on... It's a version of the Raven myth for today, not for the time when it was created.” PeopleWorldBelieveSelfTodayMy OwnAttitudeMythAccidentsVersionsSuitsInterpretationSelf CenteredRavens Author:Bill Reid
“That your own interpretation of a work of art is flagrantly subjective seems to be regarded as an arrogant attitude. But the truer view is that the interpretative artist can only make his own comment upon the work.” ArtSeemsArtistViewsAttitudeArt IsInterpretationWorks Of ArtCommentArrogantSubjective Author:Tyrone Guthrie
“An ideologue - one who thinks ideologically - can't lose. He can't lose because his answer, his interpretation and his attitude have been determined in advance of the particular experience or observation. They are derived from the ideology, and not subject to the facts.” ThinkingHas BeensFactsLosesAnswersAttitudeAtheismSubjectsParticularLosingExperienceConservativePositive AtheismDeterminedObservationIdeologyInterpretationIdeologicalIdeologues Author:James Burnham
“The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific research before. Everyone regarded the earth as spherical and as freely floating in space though the Bible tells a different story.” DifferentStoriesLightEarthChurchSpaceAttitudeResearchInterpretationPassagesFloatingScientific ResearchDogmaticFloating In Space Author:Paul Feyerabend
“But let us emphasize that right and wrong, righteousness and sin, are not dependent upon man's interpretations, conventions and attitudes. Social acceptance does not change the status of an act, making wrong into right. If all the people in the world were to accept homosexuality, the practice would still be a deep, dark sin.” PeopleIfsMenWorldDoeStillsSocialDarkSinAttitudeAcceptingPracticeAcceptanceDependentInterpretationRighteousnessConventionsHomosexualityDeep DarkSocial Acceptance Author:Spencer W. Kimball