“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.” ArtUseLightArtistBlackWhiteKnowingObjectsPaintingSkillsConvincedSupremeReliefShadeBlack And White Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“All the concepts, all knowings, all truths, all religous systems, all beliefs, fall away in the white light of eternity.” LightFallBeliefWhiteKnowingYogaConceptsEternityWhite Light Author:Frederick Lenz
“Whence, if ever, shall come the actualityOf a voice speaking the mind's knowing,The sunlight bright on the green windowshade,And the self articulate, affectionate, and flowing,Ease, warmth, light, the utter showing,When in the white bed all things are made.” IfsMindMadeSelfLightVoiceWhiteKnowingBedAll ThingsGreenEaseWarmthSunlightAffectionate Book:Selected Poems (1938-1958): Summer Knowledge Source: Selected Poems (1938-1958): Summer Knowledge
“But my knowledge of Marxism was limited to knowing that Marx was a Jew, and that he had a long white beard. I said to Lunatcharsky (the political communist commissar for Education, 1918, fh) 'Whatever you do, don't ask me why I painted in blue or green, and why you can see a calf inside the cow's belly, etc. On the other hand you're welcome: if Marx is so wise, let him come back to life and explain it himself'. I showed him my canvases.” IfsLongSaidHandsPoliticalAsksWhiteKnowingWiseBlueGreenJewWelcomeAsk MeEtcCommunistCowsBellyMarxismBeardCalvesYou Re Welcome Author:Marc Chagall
“Death and pain dominate this world, for though many are cured, they leave still weak, still tremulous, still knowing mortality has whispered to them; have seen in the folding of white bedspreads according to rule the starched pleats of a shroud.” WorldStillsPainWhiteKnowingThis WorldWeakMortalityShroudsFoldingPleats Author:Denise Levertov
“The white population could not possibly be unaffected by those events - some whites more stubborn in their defense of segregation, but others beginning to think in different ways. And the black population was transformed, having risen up in mass action for the first time, feeling its power, knowing now that if the old order could be shaken it could be toppled.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentFeelingsActionOrderBlackWhiteKnowingEventsMassFirst TimePopulationDefenseDifferent WaysTransformedStubbornSegregationRisen Author:Howard Zinn
“I think the American public has gone from really almost white-hot anger in 2010 to an anxiety knowing their government needs to work.” ThinkingNeedsGovernmentWhiteGoneKnowingAnxietyHot Author:Steny Hoyer
“I'm not against knowing the history of white people in the U.S. - that's not the point. The point is that there's so much greater history. We don't know about Native Americans. Very basically, we don't know that much about African American history, except that they were enslaved. You only get bits and pieces.” PeopleKnowsBitsWhiteKnowingGreaterPiecesAfrican AmericanNativeNative AmericanAmerican HistoryBits And PiecesAfrican American History Author:Luis J. Rodriguez
“Your idea of bliss is to wake up on a Monday morning knowing you haven't a single engagement for the entire week. You are cradled in a white paper cocoon tied up with typewriter ribbon.” IdeasWhiteMorningKnowingWeekHavensPaperWake UpBlissEngagementTiedMondayTypewritersRibbonsMonday MorningTied UpCocoonsWhite Paper Book:A Peculiar Treasure Source: A Peculiar Treasure
“These events are swirling around them. In the white community, people felt like they had no control over their neighborhoods, their destiny. In the black community, centuries of government and economic forces were pushing on them. I went in with a kind of arrogance, maybe, that came from living in a very intellectual family, and I left knowing that there was a lot about the way people lived that I didn't know about.” PeopleKnowsWayKindGovernmentLeftForceFeltBlackCommunityWhiteDestinyKnowingEconomicCenturyEventsIntellectualArroganceNeighborhoodPushingBlack CommunityPushing On Author:Sara Paretsky
“"Marginalized others" have access to other ways of knowing, and therefore to deeper, more authentic truths about human reality. They can share that knowledge by speaking about their lived experience while in a safe space. But to provide this kind of safety, members of privileged groups, i.e. white, able-bodied, cis-gendered middle class men, must keep quiet.” MenWayHumansKindRealityAbleSpaceWhiteClassKnowingGroupsShareMiddleQuietSafeMembersSafetyDeeperAccessMiddle ClassPrivilegedMarginalizedSafe Space Author:Christina Hoff Sommers