I recognize no dichotomy between art and protest.
Ralph Ellison, interviewed in The Art of Fiction No. 8 (via theclassicsreader)
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A narrow oak staircase shielded by a door, heavy brace beams a nice old brick floor, and a mixture of painted brick and boarding on the walls are all typical ingredients of an old cottage hallway.
English Country Style, 1986
you, who opened suns in my heart,
Jorie Graham, from βSan Sepolcroβ, The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems
remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world.
Imaginary View of the Grande Galerie in the Louvre by Hubert Robert.
βAll our knowledge has its origins in our perspectives.β
-Leonardo da Vinci
medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life.
but poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
-John Keating; Dead Poets Society
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind
- A Midsummer Nights Dream, Williams Shakespeare