Quotes by Language Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film. Alan Rudolph filmboringlanguage The soul is something which contains the body. The body doesn't contain the soul. The soul, if we put it into modern language, is the entire complex of relationships in whose context this organism exists. Alan Watts languagebodysoul It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description. Alan Watts descriptionhardlanguage It is the theory that decides what can be observed. Albert Einstein languagetheorydecision God only speaks to those who understand the language Albert Hofmann languagespeak This is the power of images, the ambiguity. You are never completely sure of anything. With written language, it's more concrete. You have to establish some facts, but in movies, you see things happening, and the exact meaning behind the images is more ambiguous. Albert Serra ambiguitylanguagefacts As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier. Alberto Manguel barrierslanguage For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody. Aldous Huxley spiteintuitionlanguage Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born. Aldous Huxley individualtraditionlanguage I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language! Alec Baldwin idiotlanguagewind I hardly ever talk- words seem such a waste, and they are none of them true. No one has yet invented a language from my point of view. Aleister Crowley wastelanguageviews In the United States there's not a lot of people interested in foreign language films. Every time, it's more difficult for foreign language films to survive here. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu united-stateslanguagepeople There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it. Aleksandar Hemon bad-writinglanguagewriting We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It's crazy even to attempt to do that. Aleksandar Hemon crazylanguageway Literature is always something - it is either story or poetry, ideally both. That is, you always know what it is and even if the interpretation is not available, the experience of language is. Aleksandar Hemon languageliteraturestories As long as there are living human beings, there will be language and stories. Aleksandar Hemon languagestorieslong How quickly a zek (a prisoner) gets cheeky-or, putting it in literary language, how quickly a man's requirements grow. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn languagemenneeds Comedy is such a private thing; it's not always easy to translate something funny from one language to another. It's very personal and cultural as well. Alessandra Mastronardi comedylanguageeasy Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language. Alex Berenson languagewishlittles Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings. Alex Cox conservativelanguagewriting«1234567891011»
