Quote by Umberto Eco
Translation is the art of failure. - Umberto Eco

Translation is the art of failure. – Umberto Eco

Other quotes by Umberto Eco

The comic is the perception of the opposite humor is the feeling of it. – Umberto Eco

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Humor
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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they arent trying to teach us. – Umberto Eco

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Father
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Other Quotes from
Art
category

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does. – Walter Murch

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Art

Architecture should be dedicated to keeping the outside out and the inside in. – Leonard Baskin (1922–2000)

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Art

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. – Pablo Picasso

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Art

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Art

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The earth is like a spaceship that didnt come with an operating manual. – Richard Buckminster Fuller

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Earth

Regardless what technology is, I like analog too. – Lou Gramm

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Technology

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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God

A sold poem loses half its meaning. – Terri Guillemets

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Poetry