No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?
No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
Audiences are audiences.
Choice and chance structure art and nature.
When your Islamic discourse with someone becomes a debate, that's when you know that you have to stop. The psychology of a debate is like a sports competition, and no one likes to lose. So even if you make a good point, the other person isn't going to congratulate you. They are thinking about revenge.
The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation.
Creativity in all forms of life, from arts to business to domestic situations, depends on our ability to recognize and explore gaps