A signal is comprehended if it serves to make us notice the object or situation it bespeaks. A symbol is understood when we conceive the idea it presents. Susanne Langer More Quotes by Susanne Langer More Quotes From Susanne Langer In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration, invention, freedom to the limits of extravagance, interference to the point of frustration, finally discipline, controlling constant change and growth. Susanne Langer If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions. Susanne Langer new questions world knowledge Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature. Susanne Langer feeling objectification nature art