Language

“My only duty as a poet is to defend the use of language.”

“Био сам танак као чакља, провидан, па је од чакља постало Чкаља.”

“Cinematography is a visual language, and it’s very global.”

“It was just because we do in fact all know how to make such comments.”

“Thus it is evident that the utterances of a non-Iranian or non-Central Asian are authoritatively exemplary if he has exerted himself perfectly in the pedagogical imitation of masters and kept the company of competent speakers.”

“What am I writing into? What am I writing over?”

“This is my language. I place it in a painting or a statue, and say: “Look!””

“Mime is a universal art. It speaks in a speechless tongue that is immediately comprehensible to everyone.”

“Words are, like to me, as bricks are to a bricklayer.”

“Am I not preparing for the great object of embellishing the tongue of my fathers?”

“The faith can be meaningful only when Christ is encountered as speaking and acting authentically, when he is heard in the African languages.”

“I want to win a Grammy and say ‘thank you’ in Korean.”

“Beyond words to describe, beyond my poor brush to capture.”

“I knew that music was my language, that music would take me to see the world, would take me to other lands.”

“經以明道，而求道者不必空執義理求之也。但當正文字、辨音讀、釋訓詁、通傳注，則義理自見而道在其中矣。”

“I have a very great curiosity for words; I think there is a word for everything.”

“집에서 '타샤'라 불리다 윤미래라는 이름을 썼을 땐 뒤에서 누가 저를 불러도 알지 못했죠.”

“We’re split linguistically in so many ways.”