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George MacDonald

Scottish writer and Christian minister

1824–1905

24 quotes, most often on Writing, Truth & Lies and God.

A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory. He must be an artist indeed who can, in any mode, produce a strict allegory that is not a weariness to the spirit.
The Fantastic Imagination (1893)
- Art
- Writing
A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean.
The Fantastic Imagination (1893)
- Art
One difference between God’s work and man’s is, that, while God’s work cannot mean more than he meant, man’s must mean more than he meant.
The Fantastic Imagination (1893)
- Art
- God

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