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Elysium Quotes

Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium.

Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium.

John Milton
Soul, Singing, Elysium
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors”, p.146

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage Whose world, or mine or theirs or is it of none? First came the seen, then thus the palpable Elysium, though it were in the halls of hell. What thou lovest well is thy true heritage.

Ezra Pound
Elysium, Heritage, World
Cantos no. 81, l. 134 (1948)

There's no question that how Johannesburg operates is what made me interested in the idea of wealth discrepancy. 'Elysium' could be a metaphor for just Jo'burg, but it's also a metaphor for the Third World and the First World. And in science fiction, separation of wealth is a really interesting idea to mess with.

Neill Blomkamp
Ideas, Interesting, Elysium
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Vlad had found himself longing to encounter those of his own kind, to travel to the streets of Elysia-that far away world, but after a while it seemed more of a fairy tale than anything else. Like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, only with fangs.

Heather Brewer
Encounters, Teeth, Elysium

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage

Ezra Pound
Elysium, Heritage, Dross
Cantos no. 81, l. 134 (1948)

What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage.

Ezra Pound
Elysium, Heritage, Dross
Cantos no. 81, l. 134 (1948)

What thou lovest well remains.

Ezra Pound
Elysium, Dross, Wells
Cantos no. 81, l. 134 (1948)

Artemis smiled. "You have done well, my lieutenant. You have made me proud, and all those Hunters who perished in my service will never be forgotten. They will achieve Elysium, I am sure." She glared pointedly at Hades. He shrugged. "Probably." Artemis glared at him some more. Okay," Hades grumbled. "I'll streamline their application process.

Rick Riordan
Elysium, Hunters, Done
Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.248, Penguin UK

I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.

Neill Blomkamp
Thinking, Space, Elysium

'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third World meet. But the thing that I like the most about the metaphor is that it can be scaled to suit almost any scenario.

Neill Blomkamp
Immigration, Elysium, World
"Immersed in Movies: Neill Blomkamp Talks ‘Elysium,’ Sci-Fi, VFX" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. August 6, 2013.

Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room a friend await Felicity of doom.

Emily Dickinson
Friendship, Happiness, Elysium
Emily Dickinson (2016). “The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.24, First Avenue Editions

'District 9', 'Elysium' and 'Chappie' were all born out of some visual concept first. 'Chappie' is the imagery, because I think I'm a visual person first, of this ridiculous robot character. It's much more comedy based and in an unusual setting.

Neill Blomkamp
Character, Thinking, Elysium

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