“Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understa...” — Amiri Baraka Quote

“Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.”

“You have to get an individual who's willing to actually struggle with the system to change it. As long as you have people who - to make substantive changes, to make infrastructure changes.”

“You have to start with slavery because those abuses have never been eradicated. You know, people are not living in slums because they voted to. You know, their children are not in jail because they wanted them to. You know, these are the results of a people who have been oppressed and suffer national oppression, you know.”

“I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.”

“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.”

“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”