masaruSHICHINOHE
And all round this allegorical scene is what the medieval philosophers used to call natura naturans - nature naturing - trees, flowers, leaves galore, birds, monkeys, and those rather obvious symbols of nature naturing, rabbits.
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hieronymusBOSCH
Do you know how far this has gone? Just how damaged have I become? When I think I can overcome, it runs even deeper.
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donaldRollerWILSON
You may have thought you were at Walmart, or in the tomb of the unknown soldier, or at the place where you grew up, or in the interior of your safety deposit box, because except for the signs painted with flat blue letters, or in stone, or on the map, or in gold leaf on the glass of the bank door, once you're inside, there is no difference...
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williamBLAKE
And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy, he'd have God for his father, and never want joy. And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark, and got with our bags and our brushes to work.
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renéMAGRITTE
People who look for symbolic meanings fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the image. By asking, "what does this mean?" they express a wish that everything be understandable. But if one does not reject the mystery, one has quite a different response. One asks other things.
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arthurRACKHAM
Nothing of him that doth fade, but doth suffereth a sea-change into something rich and strange.
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