"The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."

-- Samuel Beckett

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“I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.”

Source : Ben Shahn (1957). “The Shape of Content”, p.48, Harvard University Press
“Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin.”
“To take on the question of race in America and believe that you could transform this country so that it would actually be a place that was welcoming for everyone that was here, including dealing with the history of slavery and the kind of oppression this country is based on, that's an amazing moment to begin to find your own political ideals.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.”

Source : Harold Evans (1978). “Editing and Design: Pictures on a page”
“You must know everything well before you can know what to discard. You must cover pages with material you will not finally put into the book. That doesnâ€™t mean you donâ€™t use it. It is still there, must be there, an invisible foundation which gives authority to the story. The planning done on setting is never wasted. Nothing is ever wasted. If it has been thought through and written, it is still there, in every word which does not mention it.”
“I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand unremembered moments produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people. There was no particular day on which I said, Henceforth I will devote myself to the liberation of my people; instead, I simply found myself doing so, and could not do otherwise.”
“These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.”
“Just remember...you are the one with everything to lose.”

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