Myth Quotes

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

I’m drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends.

The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections – not only between us and the natural world, but between us and the rest of humanity.

Myths often do a lot of theoretical good, while they are still new.

You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously.

It’s one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.

The costliest myth of our time has been the myth of the Communist monolith.

I am not a myth.

Myths show us what we have in common with every other human being.

There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.