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Jean CocteauI've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

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Will DurantIn its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Joseph CampbellMyths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

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NapoleonWhat then is, generally speaking, the truth of history? A fable agreed upon.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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André MalrauxAncient Greek mythology is the western of the Renaissance.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

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G. K. ChestertonFairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Fernando PessoaMyth is the nothing that is everything.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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Friedrich von SchlegelNothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

—  Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer

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Michel TournierThe writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories.

—  Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer

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Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe enemies of myth are not the friends of reality but of triviality.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Ludwig WittgensteinAn entire mythology is stored within our language.

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

Bill VaughanWhen gossip grows old it becomes myth.

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

Joseph JoubertNational literature begins with fables and ends with novels.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Joseph CampbellMyth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellI think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and yourself participating in a poem is what the myth does for you.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellReligion is misunderstood mythology.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellThe myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellMyth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellHeresy is the life of a mythology, and orthodoxy is the death.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Hermann HesseIn the beginning was the myth. God, in his search for self-expression, invested the souls of Hindus, Greeks, and Germans with poetic shapes and continues to invest each child’s soul with poetry every day.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

John Kenneth GalbraithConscience is better served by a myth.

—  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist

Jorge Luis BorgesMyth is at the beginning of literature, and also at its end.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Arthur KoestlerThe Revolutionary's Utopia, which in appearance represents a complete break with the past, is always modeled on some image of the Lost Paradise, of a legendary Golden Age... All utopias are fed from the source of mythology; the social engineers' blueprints are merely revised editions of the ancient text.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Marty RubinMyth is ancient science; science is modern myth.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

Robert M. PirsigThat which destroys the old mythos becomes the new mythos.

—  Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer

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Ambrose BierceBacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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