Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object.
Joseph CampbellThe demon that you can swallow gives you itโs power, and the greater lifeโs pain, the greater lifeโs reply.
Joseph CampbellHow does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)
Joseph CampbellSo that's what destiny is: simply the fulfillment of the potentialites of the energies in your own system.
Joseph CampbellHalf the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies.
Joseph Campbell