Artschwagers art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing youre looking at so that it might mushroom in your mind into something that triggers unexpected infinities. – Jerry Saltz
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Its not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers – were much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling. – Neil Gaiman
The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge. – Toshihiko Fukui