“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.”

Judith Butler, author, philosopher, “What value do the humanities have?'”. McGill University speech, May 30, 2013

An artistic endeavour comes into the world naked, unnamed, and vulnerable. Every creative effort requires the artist to wrest something from nothingness, a purposive cosmos from an apparently indifferent chaos.

Peter London, musician

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.

“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”

“It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.”

Jean-Luc Godard, Director

“Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.”

— Madeleine, portrayed by Kim Novak, from the film “Vertigo“, 1958, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 50 Greatest Films of All Time – British Film Institute

“Sometimes you have to look hard at a person and remember he’s doing the best he can. He’s just trying to find his way, just like you.”

Katherine Hepburn (as Ethel Thayer) to Jane Fonda (as Chelsea Thayer Wayne), On Golden Pond, 1981