Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness. – Jerry Saltz Category: Beauty
So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history. – Henry Louis Gates Category: History
Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself. – Dick Cavett Category: Censorship
When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out. – Billy Graham Category: power
Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment. – E. M. Cioran Category: Torture