"Lately I feel being political is also about the company I keep and the ideas I put forward. When I do a curate a program or do a workshop, I want to make it intergenerational; I want to have women on the faculty and also among the students."

-- Vijay Iyer

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“We came down here to see this teddible scene: people all pissed out of their minds and vomiting on themselves and all that and now, you know what? It's us”
“To be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to shed yourself of some of the imperfect mosaic of pieces that made you who you were. She could understand that now for, maybe underneath that desquamated self you would locate a new version.”
“It's only important to differentiate between patriotism and nationalism. I speak of enlightened patriotism.”
“We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.”
“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.”
“The mystics are the only ones who have gained a glimpse into what is possible when this same capacity [for creation] is used primarily in the service of the individual himself instead of for the creation of art.”
“It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.”

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