"Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply through the faithful representation of the spirit. It is a political act to create an image of the self or of the collective."

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Source : Lewis Hyde (2009). “The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World”, p.258, Vintage

Lewis Hyde

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“The Earth is warming but physical evidence from around the world tells us that human-emitted carbon dioxide has played only a minor role in it. Instead, the mild warming seems to be part of a natural 1,500-year climate cycle (plus or minus 500 years) that goes back at least one million years.”

Source : Fred Singer, Fred S. Singer, Dennis Avery (2006). “Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years”, p.9, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
“We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.”

Source : The Observer Review, 1995.
“Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my narrator Hannah, I'm a crime writer in my own peculiar way. Crime with a capital "C" is the subject that I'm stuck with - even Sway is about "crime" in a certain way. The nice thing about crime is that it enables you to deal with some big questioO”
“If I was in charge, I'd keep doing The Go-Go's forever, but it's a band, so everyone has their say.”

Source : Interview with Nick Levine, Neil Wilkes, www.digitalspy.com. July 28, 2010.
“Business is all about focus. But with focus comes myopia and to conquer that, I come in to shake things up. To be invited as a keynote speaker is to have a license to interfere and interrupt.”
“Dance must have a precision without fault.”
“Starting out, I remember being on the same bill with other bands, and I always thought they were so much better because they were rehearsed and had all their moves down and they sounded really tight.”
“First, we must continually reaffirm the principle that the security of the United States is not, and should never be, a partisan matter. The United States can best defend its national security interests abroad by uniting behind a bipartisan security policy at home.”

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