“Every question "runs in a vicious circle" because political life as a whole is an endless chain consisting of an infinite number of links. The whole art of politics lies in finding and taking as firm a grip as we can of the link that is least likely to be struck from our hands, the one that is most important at the given moment, the one that most of all guarantees its possessor the possession of the whole chain.” ArtImportantWholeMomentsHandsRunningPoliticalLyingGivenNumbersFindingsInfinitePossessionCirclesEndlessChainsFirmGuaranteesLinksViciousPolitical LifeVicious Circles Book:What Is to Be Done? Source: What Is to Be Done?
“Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just carried on learning and meeting musicians, and I keep finding links between different forms.” DifferentFormBandFindingsMusicianMeetingsDesertLife ChangingLinksSaharaLife Changing ExperienceSahara Desert Author:Justin Adams
“That whole Deep End experience of finding yourself with the dead body: you know you didn't kill it, but you know if you're found with it, you're gonna be done for it, so you have to get rid of it. And that's a really important nub of Young Adam Joe knows for absolute certain that if someone comes around the corner, that's it. Nobody's ever going to believe what happened. So that has nothing to do with identity or sexuality, but that is a link. I'm just fascinated by it.” IfsKnowsBelieveImportantEndsDoneWholeBodyYoungCertainFoundHappenedIdentityFindingsAbsolutesCornersSexualityFinding YourselfLinksFascinatedAdamAround The Corner Author:Tilda Swinton
“Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part. But as with giving help and accepting it, we had to do both to be made complete-like links overlapping to form a chain, or a lock finding the right key.” GivingMadeHardHelpingFormEasyAcceptingKeysNeededFindingsChainsBreathingLinksLocksOverlappingGiving Help Book:Lock and Key Source: Lock and Key