"In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was a nightmare scenario for me. Meeting other artists and going to punk rock shows at that age, there was a feeling of freedom and community that I wanted to partake in."

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Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.

Laura Owens

#School Quotes #Math Quotes #Artist Quotes

“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.”
“Greatness is not guarding yourself from people. Greatness is being accepted by the people”
“I get so confused about life photography art.”

Source : Joan Simon, William Wegman (2006). “William Wegman: Funney/strange”, p.210, Yale University Press
“This is the river of the great 19th-century landscapists; of Cole, Cropsey and Church, and at the end of the summer it lies motionless under the haze as under a light coat of varnish.”
“Aim high! The future you see, is the person you will be”
“I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding.”
“Why should thinkers mock the simple pieties of the people?”

Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.132, Oxford University Press
“The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you.”

Source : Shakti Gawain (2011). “Living in the Light: Follow Your Inner Guidance to Create a New Life and a New World”, p.40, New World Library

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