“I think everything has its place. So if the ideas or the fluidity isn't coming in writing, maybe it's related to ingestions.” IfsThinkingWritingIdeasRelatedFluidity Author:Saul Williams
“I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.” ThinkingWritingBookTodayReadingFindingsGood WritingGood Reading Author:Saul Williams
“American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.” ThinkingSelfProblemCultureConsumedAmerican Culture Author:Saul Williams
“I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights movement wouldn't have the same resonance without the songs from everyone from Pete Seeger to Odetta to James Brown.” ThinkingArtPastSongCoursesRightsMovementInspireCivil RightsBrownCivil Rights MovementResonance Author:Saul Williams
“I think it's misleading to think that art is only there for escapism, only there for our dreams of being rich and f - king whoever we wanna f - k.” ThinkingArtDreamRichKingsArt IsOur DreamsMisleadEscapismBeing Rich Author:Saul Williams
“The role that theater has placed in enhancing consciousness and moving systems ahead. I think of what South African theater meant for the apartheid movement, for example. I think of what music has meant for so many social movements across time.” ThinkingMovingSocialConsciousnessRolesExampleMovementTheaterSouthSouth AfricaApartheidSocial Movements Author:Saul Williams
“I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.” ThinkingWayImportantOrderDealsBeatsConform Author:Saul Williams
“You change the beat up, you might change the way people dance to the music. If you change the way they move, maybe they'll think about it differently.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMightMovingBeats Author:Saul Williams
“I think everybody on this planet does that - trying to capture your dream after you wake up.” ThinkingTryingDoeDreamPlanetsWake UpYour DreamsCapture Author:Saul Williams
“I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.” ThinkingKnowsHeartBreakWonderfulSkinsFruitCoconuts Author:Saul Williams
“The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.” ThinkingWayArtSeemsSpeakVisionSupportCreativeFocusIndustryIdealsGreedBe GoodOur TimeShiftingDownfallCreative Vision Author:Saul Williams
“I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.” ThinkingLooksSeemsAbleMistakeMusic IsRapLimitationThese DaysUnfortunateGhettoRap Music Author:Saul Williams
“I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written” IfsThinkingDoeDealsWrittenFoolTraditionPoetry IsOral HistoryOral TraditionWritten History Author:Saul Williams
