Dutch Language Area

Famous quotes containing the words dutch, language and/or area:

    “Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “...I ... believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something—a great deal—to do with how we live our lives and whom we end up speaking with and hearing; and that we can deflect words, by trivialization, of course, but also by ritualized respect, or we can let them enter our souls and mix with the juices of our minds.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    “... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very similar to using lots of words, for the more imprecise a word is, the greater the area it covers.”
    —Robert Musil (1880–1942)