The Christ symbol is of the greatest psychological importance in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated symbol of the self, apart from the figure of Buddha.
Telling someone what a symbol “meant” was like telling them how a song should make them feel – it was different for all people.
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
Government, especially its designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage, may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors of national taste.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands.