The power of magic has no known limits. A person knows, in a fair way, his own physical capacities, the weight of the blows he can deal, the furthest range of his arrows, the strength of his voice, the speed and endurance of his running; but the reaches of his mind are indefinite and, to his feeling, infinite.

Religion, even the most primitive and superstitious, is inevitably a beginning of culture. It is not possible without some kind of symbolic expression ... and begets dramatic gesture, dance, and chant.

The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

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.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.