Lewis Hyde Quotes
But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.
Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.
A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation.
When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts.
I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad sense, there is no way to live without mythology.
True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.
Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled.
An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.
Science may not be as intimate as the medical profession; nonetheless, it certainly is a community in which ideas are often shared as contributions, not as proprietary things.
