Interpretation Quotes

Interpretation Quote of the day

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts.

A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective.

Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection.

Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

The stronger the identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction.

I accept with sincere belief the doctrine of faith as handed down to us from the Apostles by the orthodox Fathers, always in the same sense and with the same interpretation.

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics.

If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'

I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio.

I must choose my words carefully in order to avoid any negative interpretation. Among politicians, this is a tactic known as lying.

Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.

Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.

The ultimate lesson of The Interpretation of Dreams: reality is for those who cannot sustain the dream.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather than a copy.

I am not in front of my body, I am in it or rather I am it... If we can still speak of interpretation in relation to the perception of one's own body, we shall have to say that it interprets itself.

Without the interpretation of the universe by man to the glory of God the whole world would be meaningless

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

The success of our popular government rests wholly upon the correct interpretation of the deliberate, intelligent, dependable popular will of America.

The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation.

Religions are easy to invent. Most traditional religions have little or nothing to do with reality, are dependent on obfuscation, interpretation, guilt, and unreasoning faith.

The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it.

Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over that.

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?'

While there is such a thing as correctness in ethics, in interpretation, in mathematics, the way to understand that is not by trying to model it on the ways in which we get things right in physics.

A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.

If for every error and every act of incompetence one can substitute an act of treason, many points of fascinating interpretation are open to the paranoid imagination.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed.

For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif.

Possessing a correct interpretation of each individual doctrine is not sufficient; we must also learn to hold each doctrine in harmony with the others.

Only in black and white can I see the design and textures. I don't consider color photography art. Black and white is an interpretation. Color is a duplication.

[The Many-worlds interpretation is the] only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of quantum mechanics and the appearance of the world.

A photograph permits a first viewing, and then an individual reflection. It solicits participation, and encourages individuality in interpretation. Television is an autarchy, a dictatorship.

My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.

Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole.

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing.

We see, not change of aspect, but change of interpretation.

God either rules as sovereign in interpretation over *all* areas of life or none.

Art is life's dream interpretation.

We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world.