“Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.” KnowsFlattering Author:Hilton Als
“I don't know what makes fashion cruel, except I feel nothing but spiritual depletion around it. There's nothing enriching, spiritually.” KnowsFeelsSpiritualFashionEnriching Author:Hilton Als
“Great sadness can be off putting, hard to comprehend, especially if it hasn't been your experience. It's amazing for me to know now that AIDS, for instance, is something a lot of people don't "get," whereas it entirely shaped my social life since the time I was twenty until I was almost forty.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardSocialSadnessTwentiesAidsInstanceFortySocial Life Author:Hilton Als
“The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it. Artists remember the world as it is, first, because you have to know what it is you’re reinventing; that’s a rule, perhaps the only one: being cognizant of your source material.” KnowsWorldFirstsRememberArtistMemoriesDangerousMaterialsSourceTradeBrilliantReinventingCognizantNecessary Things Author:Hilton Als
