The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the artist was the myth. – Joseph Campbell
Eternity has nothing to do with the hereafter… This is it… If you dont get it here, you wont get it anywhere. The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; heres the place to have the experience. – Joseph Campbell
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. – Joseph Campbell
Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. – Joseph Campbell
I dont want to clip on the armour every morning. Ive seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but Im not going to change that one bit. – Nick Clegg