“In fact a man in love or one consumed with hatred creates symbols for himself, as a superstitious man does, from a passion of conferring uniqueness on things or persons. A man who knows nothing of symbols is one of Dante's sluggards. This is why art mirrors itself in primitive rites or strong passions, seeking for symbols, revolving round the primitive taste for savagery, for what is irrational (blood and sex).” KnowsMenPersonsDoeArtFactsPassionStrongSexBloodTasteHatredMirrorsRoundsSeekingSymbolsPrimitiveUniquenessIrrationalConsumedSuperstitiousRiteSavageryRevolvingStrong Passion Book:This Business of Living: Diaries 1935-1950 Source: This Business of Living: Diaries 1935-1950
“The instinctive and universal taste of mankind selects flowers for the expression of its finest sympathies, their beauty and their fleetingness serving to make them the most fitting symbols of those delicate sentiments for which language itself seems almost too gross a medium.” SeemsLanguageMankindExpressionFlowerTasteUniversalMediumsSymbolsServingSentimentsDelicateFinestGrossFitting Author:George Stillman Hillard
“There is one Cosmic Essence, all-pervading, all-knowing, all-powerful. This nameless formless essence can be approached by any name, any form, any symbol that suites the taste of the individual. Follow your religion, but try to understand the real purpose behind all of the rituals and traditions, and experience that Oneness.” TryingRealFormPurposeNamesIndividualPowerfulBehindsKnowingTasteTraditionEssenceSymbolsOnenessRitualCosmicNameless Author:Swami Satchidananda
“A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it.” WorldKindLittlesUniversePiecesPaintingTasteHarmonySymbolsRelateKentDark Moments Author:Corita Kent
“Big sporting events and spectacles might give the national morale a shot in the arm, but they are too transient and taste-specific to stand as robust symbols of nationhood.” GivingBigsMightEventsArmsTasteShotsSymbolsTransientRobustMoraleSpectaclesSporting Events Author:Julian Baggini