“I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to express yourself. And the fact is that - and this is the thing about punk rock - that everyone is in a position to create culture, and that point has never been lost on me. To me, that's an important political aspect of doing this, and trying to live in a way that's about dialogue as opposed to like... spectacle.” ThinkingWayTryingKindImportantFactsPoliticalCultureLostRealizingRocksPositionConsciousAspectEmpowermentDialoguePunkExpress YourselfPunk Rock Author:J. Robbins
“One task of literature is to formulate questions and construct counterstatements to the reigning pieties. And even when art is not oppositional, the arts gravitate toward contrariness. Literature is dialogue: responsiveness. Literature might be described as the history of human responsiveness to what is alive and what is moribund as cultures evolve and interact with one another.” HumansArtMightCultureLiteratureAliveArt IsTasksDialogueEvolveConstructsPietyResponsiveness Book:Susan Sontag: Ansprachen aus Anlass der Verleihung Source: Susan Sontag: Ansprachen aus Anlass der Verleihung
“I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.” PeopleWayMeanUseTogetherCultureConflictVariousDialogueResolve Author:Herbie Hancock