Autorit Quotes & Sayings

I didn't want a completely passive viewer. Art means too much to me. To be able to articulate something visually is really an important thing. I wanted to make work where the viewer wouldn't walk away; he would giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful — Kara Walker

My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather. — Karen Russell

The other danger in becoming involved with culinary delights - and here again the parallels with sex are obvious - is that they can become addictive. It — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

She left the porch pelting her back with unasked questions. They hoped the answers were cruel and strange. — Zora Neale Hurston

I've been drawing shoes,' said Sketch, evoking a fireman who's been searching the smoking hulks of scorched buildings for burn victims, 'and it's been going feetingly. — Chip Kidd

Meditation is my soul's soundless conversation with my inner pilot. — Sri Chinmoy

In the top centile, by contrast, financial and business assets clearly predominate over real estate. In particular, shares of stock or partnerships constitute nearly the totality of the largest fortunes. Between 2 and 5 million euros, the share of real estate is less than one-third; above 5 million euros, it falls below 20 percent; above 10 million euros, it is less than 10 percent and wealth consists primarily of stock. — Thomas Piketty