The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
JAMES BALDWINThe moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.
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History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Those kids aren’t dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don’t get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.
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The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.
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