“Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now lives. Cancerphobia taught us the fear of a polluting environment; now we have the fear of polluting people that AIDS anxiety inevitably communicates. Fear of the Communion cup, fear of surgery: fear of contaminated blood, whether Christ's blood or your neighbor's.” PeopleUniverseChristEnvironmentBloodTaughtDiseaseAnxietyCommunicateSexualityAidsNeighborCupsCommunionSurgeryRegisterTaught Us Author:Susan Sontag
“The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe .” SelfUniverseIndividualFateAnxietySignificantRepresentationAffirmationSelf Affirmation Book:The Courage To Be Source: The Courage To Be
“I sometimes say the conflict in the work is the conflict of my own thoughts and anxieties. It's a civil war in my head. The top part [of my artwork] is you letting go and floating. You become part of the air and you've tapped into the heartbeat of the universe. I guess that's what people do when they meditate.” PeopleHeartWarSometimesUniverseMy OwnAirConflictLetting GoAnxietyCivil WarFloatingHeartbeatArtwork Author:Ali Banisadr
“Einstein was always looking for a unifying principle for the universe. I think anxiety about hair is the unifying principle.” ThinkingUniversePrinciplesHairAnxietyUnifying Author:Diane Sawyer