"Iraq and Afghanistan have exacted a toll on America - in lives, treasure and standing - that it will take a generation to work through."

-- Roger Cohen

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“It would be much easier to just make black, brown and beige clothes. But I do not see the world in black and white and beige. I find colors incredibly important.”

Source : "Parking in the Meatpacking: Johnny Pigozzi". Interview with Colleen Nika, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 3, 2010.
“I believe deeply that every one of us has an individual talent or trait that can be used to make a difference in some way.”
“The humiliation I go through/when I think of my past/can only be described as grace./We are created by being destroyed.”

Source : Franz Wright (2009). “Walking to Martha's Vineyard”, p.56, Knopf
“I never understood the low art/high art distinction.”
“You set up the look, the visual effects and the sets, and that's awesome, but I enjoy the casting most of all. That's where you really get to define the show.”
“The world is what it is and won't be bargained with.”
“I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people.”
“It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.”

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