"Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a place he loves."

-- George Oppen

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“You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.”
“Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.”
“This is New York, a combat zone, and everyone has to have an angle or they're not allowed over the bridges or through the tunnels. Let them have their angles, it's what they live for. You've got better things to worry about, like making sure the people that actually matter don't try any funny stuff.”
“There was this superstitious fear on the part of the pygmies of the present for the relics of the giants of the past.”
“I'm always composing and trying to learn more about the business. In today's market, it's more important than ever to be self-sufficient as an artist. I am in law school and that has helped me in so many ways. It's cool to know what I'm signing and I hope to be able to advise other artists.”

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“Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.”
“Lately I feel being political is also about the company I keep and the ideas I put forward. When I do a curate a program or do a workshop, I want to make it intergenerational; I want to have women on the faculty and also among the students.”
“Education is the process by which one mind forms another mind, and one heart, another heart.”

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