Quotes about Interpretation
In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.
— John F. Kennedy
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
— Paulo Coelho
When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
— Victor Hugo
One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
— St. Jerome
Without the interpretation of the universe by man to the glory of God the whole world would be meaningless
— Cornelius Van Til
The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.
— George Washington
A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.
— Martin Luther
The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
— Lewis Carroll
Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. And I think the myth of Jesus is especially true.
— Jay Parini
It does appear, then, that what you find in the landscape of the Old Testament when you 'get there' very much depends on whom you take with you and through whose eyes you view it.
— Christopher Wright
Since the primary manifestation of Yahweh is Israel itself, any misconstruction of Israel entails a misconstruction of Yahweh.
— Christopher Wright