Caterina Davinio: Language

Caterina Davinio is Italian writer. Explore interesting quotes on language.
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“If language is a virus from space, even people could be disguised aliens on our planet, because language is inextricably bound to human mental processes, in the forms of our intelligence, to the extent that symbolic language is what makes us different from other living beings.”

Caterina Davinio

Source: Virtual Mercury House. Planetary & Interplanetary Events, p. 48

“When I speak of language, I do not only mean poetic or verbal language: I am thinking of the language of mathematics, of physics, et cetera. It is a fascinating topic. Language is an interface between us and the world. Beyond language there is nothing but pure mystical contemplation of the universe.”

Caterina Davinio

Source: Virtual Mercury House. Planetary & Interplanetary Events, p. 48

“Language completes the existence of the world and makes it "usable" for humans.”

Caterina Davinio

Source: Virtual Mercury House. Planetary & Interplanetary Events, p. 48

“Making art means not only using languages, but also creating new ones. To do this, new tools are indispensable. Even returning to more traditional languages such as linear poetry or narration, after being enriched by the experience of hypertext, hypermedia and multimedia, allows us to rethink the older forms of expression and transfer the lessons of the new media into even the more traditional modalities of language, such as narrative, for example.”

Caterina Davinio

Source: Virtual Mercury House. Planetary & Interplanetary Events, p. 48