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Discover the most impactful and inspirational quotes from the Motifs Quotes category. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone. Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Motifs Quotes will inspire and resonate with you.

Stephane Mallarme

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

– Stephane Mallarme

Nina Simone

I wasn’t a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

– Nina Simone

Nikos Kazantzakis

In religions which have lost their creative spark, the gods eventually become no more than poetic motifs or ornaments for decorating human solitude and walls.

– Nikos Kazantzakis

Mehdi Hasan

The terrorists may want to try and legitimize their violence by cynically appealing to Islamic motifs or doctrines, but there is no reason the rest of us should help them do it.

– Mehdi Hasan

Keanu Reeves

The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew’s cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo’s choice to know the truth. It’s a beautiful, beautiful story.

– Keanu Reeves

Kate Bernheimer

As I read more and more fairy tales as an adult, I found massive collusion between their ‘subjects’ and those in my fiction: childhood, nature, sexuality, transformation. I realized that it wasn’t by accident that I was drawn to their narrative structure and motifs.

– Kate Bernheimer

Jurgen Habermas

Today’s Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism.

– Jurgen Habermas

J G Ballard

Even one’s own home is a kind of anthology of advertisers, manufacturers, motifs and presentation techniques. There’s nothing ‘natural’ about one’s home these days. The furnishings, the fabrics, the furniture, the appliances, the TV, and all the electronic equipment – we’re living inside commercials.

– J G Ballard

Guy Gavriel Kay

When we work with history, to a very great degree we are all guessing. But by using motifs of time and history in a fantasy setting, we are acknowledging that this educated guesswork, invention, fantasy underlie our treatment of the past and its peoples – and we are not claiming a right to do with them as we will.

– Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay

In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and place I want to draw upon. Having said that, every single book so far has offered me surprises en route, and these include motifs that come forward as I am writing.

– Guy Gavriel Kay

EJ Johnson

I’m having so much fun getting to play around with a lot of different looks, a lot of different outfits, a lot of motifs.

– EJ Johnson

Diane Ackerman

Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with animal prints and motifs, give our children stuffed animals to clutch, cartoon animals to watch, animal stories to read.

– Diane Ackerman

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