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René Girard on Creativity

Browse 1 quotations attributed to René Girard, catalogued under creativity, with dates where available.

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Attributed to René Girard, entry #108335: "There is no culture without a tomb and no tomb without a culture; in the end the tomb is the first and only cultural symbol. The above-ground tomb does not have to be invented. It…"

1 Quotes by René Girard on Creativity

"There is no culture without a tomb and no tomb without a culture; in the end the tomb is the first and only cultural symbol. The above-ground tomb does not have to be invented. It is the pile of stones in which the victim of the unanimous stoning is buried. It is the first pyramid."

— René Girard

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