"I've generally gotten negative feedback from men who don't understand and don't find street harassment to be a serious issue. I've also gotten a lot of responses from women who are appreciative and thankful for the project; who relate to it who are passionate about it."

-- Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

#Men Quotes #Issues Quotes #Negative Quotes

“... if a man really and truly believed that black was white, you might advise him to see an oculist, but you mustn't call him a liar.”
“The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.”
“The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.”
“I think the food giants are realizing that one of the big myths of them is that they can innovate.”
“Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars. Tell them I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything you say, because you're a reporter. But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, 'I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight', people would say, 'Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is nuts. He's cracked up. You can't believe a damn word that comes out of his mouth.”
“The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear.”
“It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know.”
“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.”

Source : "Tony Kushner At The School Of Visual Arts: 'Artists Know That Diligence Counts As Much, If Not More, As Inspiration'". SVA Commencement Speech, from School of Visual Arts, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2010.

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