"Art is inherently subversive. Itâ€™s destabilizing. It undermines what you already know and what you already think. It is the opposite of propaganda."

-- Deborah Eisenberg

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more; some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.”
“In order to receive a pardon you must plead guilty.”
“The existence of a medium, after all, is its absolute justification, if as so many seem to think, it needs one and all comparison of potentialities is useless and irrelevant. Whether a water-color is inferior to an oil, or whether a drawing, an etching, or a photograph is not as important as either, is inconsequent. To have to despise something in order to respect something else is a sign of impotence. [emphasis added] Let us rather accept joyously and with gratitude everything through which the spirit of man seeks to an ever fuller and more intense self-realization.”
“You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.”
“If you cannot put the ego on the side you cannot succeed in love, period. Therefore love must defeat it.”
“If you want a team of smart, creative people to do extraordinary things, don't put them in a drab, ordinary space.”
“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
“People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.”

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