In order to see the world clearly, you must clean the windows of perception. The only problem is, our society doesn't do windows.
To live an art-filled life, one must be willing to try new things & accept that things change.
There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity.
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. That's why they call it artWORK!
A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.
The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with.
Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy.
In 1989 I came to New York to go to the School of Visual Arts. Then, after two years, I switched over to the New School for Social Research and did cultural anthropology in the graduate school there.
Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government. I don't need the government.
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.
The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.