Derryberry Newsletter Quotes & Sayings

If a single man achieves the highest kind of love, it will be sufficient to neutralize the hate of millions. — Mahatma Gandhi

I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal. — Rudolf Rocker

Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time. — Damon Albarn

But there is another case for curating as a vanguard activity for the twenty-first century. As the artist Tino Sehgal has pointed out, modern societies find themselves today in an unprecedented situation: The problem of lack, or scarcity, which has been the primary factor motivating scientific and technological innovation, is now joined and even superseded by the problem of the global effects of overproduction and resource use. Thus, moving beyond the object as the locus of meaning has a further relevance. Selection, presentation, and conversation are ways for human beings to create and exchange real value, without dependence on older, unsustainable processes. Curating can take the lead in pointing us toward this crucial importance of choosing. — John Brockman

When you spend seven years with a group of people and suddenly you're not together, it's very jarring. — Poppy Montgomery