Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes: Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.
         

Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.


J. R. R. Tolkien
Check all other quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 06 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Myth-and-fairy-story-must-as-all-310161>.




Tags



Check out


Other quotes of J. R. R. Tolkien


Slight changes simply make a blur.

Slight changes simply make a blur.



The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.

The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.



The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.



How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.

How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.



If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.



The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.



All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.



It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.



It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.



Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!

Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!





Other quotes you may like


When you try to persistently abolish hatred, at that very moment...you lose focus on love.

When you try to persistently abolish hatred, at that very moment...you lose focus on love.



Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?



God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.



The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.

The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.



Someday love will find me in the rough. Someday love will finally be enough. I shine a little more lately.

Someday love will find me in the rough. Someday love will finally be enough. I shine a little more lately.



There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.

There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.



Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.



I had an appointment with a sexual deviant and I didn’t want to be late.

I had an appointment with a sexual deviant and I didn’t want to be late.



Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It's the thing that lets us say goodbye.

Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It's the thing that lets us say goodbye.



Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.


god



Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.". Author of this quote is J. R. R. Tolkien. This quote is about world, art, moral,.