"I think that the development of any culture has something to do with the way people deal with the concept of illusion. The fact that the sound of my voice and the way I modulate it creates pictures in your head... in order for us to accumulate knowledge, we have to create symbolic exchanges that let ourselves be fooled temporarily by something that's not there - by a substitute for reality. When you talk about representation, you're talking about language."

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Vik Muniz

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“I think more people in the mainstream, folks like Nancy Wilson and Luther Vandross, they have openly expressed their love for God, and when mainstream artists start expressing their love for God openly in their concerts and including gospel songs in their concert, and, you know, people started embracing it.”

Source : "Gospel Singer Yolanda Adams, 'Day by Day'". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 30, 2005.
“Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.”
“I'm glad they're taking a step back. A lot of this is happening so quickly that people can't keep up with it.”
“The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.”
“My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it was a song I had been covering before the show, so it was very dear to my heart.”
“I have a great ability to improvise verbally and I am very funny on a dime.”

Source : "In Los Angeles, Kate Braverman starved for culture until S.F. called her back home" by Edward Guthmann, www.sfgate.com. January 30, 2006.
“Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.”

Source : Interview with Maggie Mahar, www.pbs.org. August 28, 2009.
“Love gives life purpose and meaning.”

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