Magic, then, is not a method, but a language; it is part and parcel of that greater phenomenon, ritual, which is the language of religion. Ritual is a symbolic transformation of experiences that no other medium can adequately express.

Language is, without a doubt, the most momentous and at the same time the most mysterious product of the human mind.

The first impression of a work of art is its otherness from reality.

Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.

Real thinking is possible only in the light of genuine language, no matter how limited, how primitive.

Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms.

The high intellectual value of images, however, lies in the fact that they usually, and perhaps always, fit more than one actual experience.