Ernest Klein Quotes

We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of mankind reflects itself. Therefore, in tracing words to their origins, we are tracing simultaneously civilization and culture to their real roots.

Ernest Klein

Quotes to Explore

To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.

Octavio Paz
- Great
- Language
- Limits
The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

H. P. Lovecraft
- World
- Mankind
- Joke
I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.

Warwick Davis
- Time
- Long
- Movie
It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.

Gael Garcia Bernal
- People
- World
- Live
What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.

Fatou Bensouda
- People
- Words
- Focus
I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians can use to treat each other or, like, the way that you can see it dehumanize and the way that it can feel like boot camp.

Damien Chazelle
- Music
- Deep
- Language