Famous quotes containing the words function, theory and/or representing:
“Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but informationhence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.”
—Walter Benjamin (18921940)
“Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusas head which turned these terrors to stone.”
—R.D. (Ronald David)
“He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed.”
—John Ruskin (18191900)
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