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Northrop Frye Quotes

Education is a set of analogies to a genuinely human existence, of which the arts are the model. Merely human life is of course a demonic analogy or parody of genuinely human life Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more remarkable in the Bible than the absence of argument... Argument is internal continuity. So is logical sequence in narrative: in the Bible the connectives are just and Picture Quote #1

In imaginative thought there is no real knowledge of anything but similarities (ultimately identities): knowledge of differences is merely a transition to a new knowledge of similarities Picture Quote #1

We read (experience) a text linearly, forgetting most of it while we read; then we study it as a simultaneous unit Picture Quote #1

Have to learn that ideas do not exist until they have been incorporated into words. Until that point you don't know whether you are pregnant or just have gas on the stomach Picture Quote #1

You can never get rid of God as long as you continue to use words, because all words are part of the Word Picture Quote #1

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Continuous prose suggests complete identification with the representing, observing, immersing-in-object self. Aphorisms suggest a richer and varied personality made up more of internal conflicts and decisions. An epiphanic sequence suggests the highest mystery of personality Picture Quote #1

Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it's as fundamental a problem as getting enough to eat or a place to sleep Picture Quote #1

A person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that Picture Quote #1

The simple point is that literature belongs to the world man constructs, not to the world he sees; to his home, not his environment Picture Quote #1

A writer's desire to write can only have come from previous experience of literature, and he'll start by imitating whatever he's read, which usually means what the people around him are writing Picture Quote #1

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit; for the serious good writer it releases his experiences or emotions from himself and incorporates them into literature, where they belong Picture Quote #1

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Nature is inside art as it's content, not outside as it's model Picture Quote #1

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats Picture Quote #1

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book Picture Quote #1

We do not live in centred space anymore, but have to create our own centres Picture Quote #1

The book is the world's most patient medium Picture Quote #1

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language Picture Quote #1

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Poetry can only be made out of other poems; novels out of other novels Picture Quote #1

Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose Picture Quote #1

Even the human heart is slightly left of centre Picture Quote #1

Teaching literature is impossible; that is why it is difficult Picture Quote #1

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego Picture Quote #1

Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I know no other country where accountants have a higher social and moral status Picture Quote #1

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In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented Picture Quote #1

A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave it's inner mental processes alone Picture Quote #1

We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life Picture Quote #1

To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like Picture Quote #1

Culture’s essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its present understanding and forms of approach to that object Picture Quote #1

Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct it, they are characterized as simply villainous or cowardly. Hence every typical character... tends to have his moral opposite confronting him, like black and white pieces in a chess game Picture Quote #1

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Education is a set of analogies to a genuinely human existence, of which the arts are the model. Merely human life is of course a demonic analogy or parody of genuinely human life (Northrop Frye Quotes) Nothing is more remarkable in the Bible than the absence of argument... Argument is internal continuity. So is logical sequence in narrative: in the Bible the connectives are just and (Northrop Frye Quotes) In imaginative thought there is no real knowledge of anything but similarities (ultimately identities): knowledge of differences is merely a transition to a new knowledge of similarities (Northrop Frye Quotes) We read (experience) a text linearly, forgetting most of it while we read; then we study it as a simultaneous unit (Northrop Frye Quotes) Have to learn that ideas do not exist until they have been incorporated into words. Until that point you don't know whether you are pregnant or just have gas on the stomach (Northrop Frye Quotes) You can never get rid of God as long as you continue to use words, because all words are part of the Word (Northrop Frye Quotes) Continuous prose suggests complete identification with the representing, observing, immersing-in-object self. Aphorisms suggest a richer and varied personality made up more of internal conflicts and decisions. An epiphanic sequence suggests the highest mystery of personality (Northrop Frye Quotes) Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it's as fundamental a problem as getting enough to eat or a place to sleep (Northrop Frye Quotes) A person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that (Northrop Frye Quotes) The simple point is that literature belongs to the world man constructs, not to the world he sees; to his home, not his environment (Northrop Frye Quotes) A writer's desire to write can only have come from previous experience of literature, and he'll start by imitating whatever he's read, which usually means what the people around him are writing (Northrop Frye Quotes) For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit; for the serious good writer it releases his experiences or emotions from himself and incorporates them into literature, where they belong (Northrop Frye Quotes) Nature is inside art as it's content, not outside as it's model (Northrop Frye Quotes) Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats (Northrop Frye Quotes) The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book (Northrop Frye Quotes) We do not live in centred space anymore, but have to create our own centres (Northrop Frye Quotes) The book is the world's most patient medium (Northrop Frye Quotes) There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language (Northrop Frye Quotes) Poetry can only be made out of other poems; novels out of other novels (Northrop Frye Quotes) Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose (Northrop Frye Quotes) Even the human heart is slightly left of centre (Northrop Frye Quotes) Teaching literature is impossible; that is why it is difficult (Northrop Frye Quotes) The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego (Northrop Frye Quotes) Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I know no other country where accountants have a higher social and moral status (Northrop Frye Quotes) In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented (Northrop Frye Quotes) A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave it's inner mental processes alone (Northrop Frye Quotes) We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life (Northrop Frye Quotes) To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like (Northrop Frye Quotes) Culture’s essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its present understanding and forms of approach to that object (Northrop Frye Quotes) Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct it, they are characterized as simply villainous or cowardly. Hence every typical character... tends to have his moral opposite confronting him, like black and white pieces in a chess game (Northrop Frye Quotes)

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