Leonard Bernstein
Composer, Conductor
"Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable."
Metaphorical quotes
Metaphorical
10 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Dan Brown
Author
"Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical."
Joseph Campbell
Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer
"Every religion, every mythology is true in this sense: It is true as metaphorical of the human and cosmic mystery."
Russell Brand
Comedian, Actor
"The economy is just a metaphorical device, it’s not real. That's why it's got the word con in it."
Joyce Carol Oates
Author, Poet
"If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise."
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