Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Interpretation Quotes
ArtCreativityInterpretationNature Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'
InterpretationMorality There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.
Authorship vs Reader PerceptionInfluence Through WordsInterpretationMeaning-Driven Perspectives Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
InterpretationPowerTruth All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
BehaviorHuman NatureInterpretationPerceptionThoughts I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
ComplexityErrorGeneticsInterpretation Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.
ArtistryCreativityDecision MakingInterpretationLeadership I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it.
CommunicationInterpretationMeaningStorytelling Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
Cultural DiversityExposure to IdeasGlobal ViewpointsInterpretationPerspective India is a reservoir of alternative interpretations of what the global is, and these ways of viewing the world need to be exposed.
ConsensusHistoryInterpretationPerspective History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Human NatureInterpretationNecessityPerceptionRelativity Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
ArtInterpretationOwnership I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it.
CreativityInterpretationPerspectiveUnderstandingValue Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.
DefinitionInterpretationLiberty The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.
ChallengeInterpretationSelf-awarenessUnderstanding It's kind of like a challenge to myself to be able to hear somebody else's hook and kind of interpret the words. Because my own hooks, I already know what I mean when I write them.
Belief vs Literal MeaningFaithInterpretationMeaning Construction No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
DivinityIntermediaryInterpretationPoetrySpirituality The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
GodInterpretationPersonhoodTheology The Old Testament God is a person with body parts and passions. The Church of England God has neither body, parts nor passions, and is therefore not a person.
