"MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood."

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Source : "AIDS and (Its) Gentrification" by Alan Davies, www.poetryfoundation.org. April 9, 2013.

Sarah Schulman

#Art Quotes #World Quotes #Program Quotes

“No powers determine our lives more completely than those we think we have under our control. I”
“You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.”
“The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.”
“We shall never want to serve God in our real and secret hearts if He looms in our subconscious mind as an arbitrary Dictator or a Spoil-sport, or as one who takes advantage of His position to make us poor mortals feel guilty and afraid. We have not only to be impressed by the "size" and unlimited power of God, we have to be moved to genuine admiration, respect, and affection, if we are ever to worship Him.”

Source : John Bertram Phillips (1964). “Your God is too small”, Scribner Paper Fiction
“I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them.”
“Some have been to the mountain. I have been to my knees by the side of my bed.”
“Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.”
“We have too large a disparity in the world; we need more inclusivenessâ€¦ If we continue to have uninclusive growth and we continue with the unemployment situation, particularly youth unemployment, our global society is not sustainable.”

Source : "Inequality Threatens 'Global Society': WEF Founder" by Katy Barnato, www.cnbc.com. January 21, 2013.

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