"You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high."

“The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes the jump; the second shuns reason entirely — which is why superstition is not the ally, but the enemy, of true religion.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

“There is no language without deceit.”

“It's important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story”

Source : FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 22, 2017

“Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!”

“You might be raised as a boy in a very conservative environment and then somehow, at some point, there was a side of me that felt really powerful and sensual in a way that was more feminine. For me, it's not about living my life as a boy or a girl - but I'm also not trans - it's just that one day you wake up feeling masculine, and one day you wake up feeling feminine. The flickering in between those two states is what's most fertile for me.”

Source : "Arca's Warped Beauty". Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com. November 19, 2015.

“The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.”

“For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things.”

“Nothing to be honest. I am a fighter. I'm crazy already. I'm not afraid of ghosts or anything.”