"The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it."

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Source : "Revolution song" by James Campbell, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2007.

Amiri Baraka

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“I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for the most part, we manage not to see it. That's why I love coffee shops and public places - I mean, they're all out there.”
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”
“The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.”
“Dance, like music, is the expression of the human spirit. Dance is 'visual music'.”
“Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that.”
“Of all mad faiths maddest is the faith that we can get rid of faith.”
“The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.”
“An unbending and absolute acceptance of any idea is a sure sign of a small mind, no matter the greatness of intellect possesed by the one accepting that idea.”

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