“How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that you've got to find a symbol for, or maybe it was a concrete form that you have to simplify or distort to meet your ends, but that starting point must pervade the whole.” WantFirstsIdeasEndsWholeFeelingsFormDesireStartingSymbolsAbstractConcreteSimplifyStarting PointNameless Author:Emily Carr
“It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point.” IfsWholeSeemsCasesMissingObviousSymbolsArtificial Book:The good word and other words Source: The good word and other words
“It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.” MenWholePlansSeaCreaturesOceanEternityInfiniteUnionsDepthSymbolsOnenessInfinityParticles Book:The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard Source: The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard
“The ground is the symbol for the poor people; the poor people is gonna open up this whole world and swallow up the rich people. It's gonna be like - there might be some cannibalism out this mother. They might eat the rich.” PeopleWorldWholeMightMotherPoorRichWhole WorldSymbolsPoor PeopleRich PeopleCannibalism Author:Tupac Shakur