William Robertson Smith

But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches.

Scottish Scientist

Robert Indiana

When I was painting portraits and - shall we say? - rather allegorical heads, which is the figurative work which immediately preceded the direction I have since gone, these images were always of a very fixed, rigid quality, and, of course, my work still has this aspect.

American Artist

Frederick Soddy

Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it is really a perfect and very slightly allegorical expression of the actual present views we hold today.

English Scientist

John Kessel

Kafka's inevitable tropism for the allegorical puts him in marked opposition to the realism that dominated the literary world of the first half of the 20th century.

American Author

Hilary Mantel

It is difficult to know how the Tudors actually spoke because we're going back before Shakespeare; much of the drama from that period is courtly, allegorical.

English Writer

J. R. R. Tolkien

I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.

English Novelist

Reza Aslan

Many poets in Iran have learned to speak almost a secret language, where political issues are talked about in allegorical ways.

Iranian Writer

Samuel Johnson

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

Barbet Schroeder

When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.

French Director

Chris de Burgh

Robert Browning - I like his dramatic revelations, his allegorical form.

Irish Musician

Allegorical stories have deeper meanings beyond the literal. They commonly symbolize real-life issues or moral lessons.

Hidden Meanings

Allegorical figures often symbolize specific cultural or historical ideas, sometimes requiring cultural knowledge to understand.

Cultural Symbolism

Allegorical stories are a literary genre where characters or events consistently symbolize deeper meanings.

Literary Genre

 worldly flesh, and the devil became the antagonists. The morality plays were allegorical stories in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food

The emergence of drama...

 Climbing was the thing that got me out of this, because I came back, I was driven to do something, and oddly enough, visually and just in the very nature of it it's allegorical to human struggle. It's perfect for telling the story

After the Avalanche:...

 the question of feminism, and become an important, timeless, universal work of art. The challenge I have is how to do that. How to tell a political story but an allegorical story. How to move you with your emotions,