“All over the world, young males and females, schooled in the art of pa...” — bell hooks Quote

“All over the world, young males and females, schooled in the art of patriarchal thinking, are building an identity on a foundation that sees the will to do violence as the essential way to assert being.”

“schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively.”

“In general, the mass media tell us that black people are not loving, that our lives are so fraught with violence and aggression that we have no time to love.”

“The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.”

“The true art of memory is the art of attention.”

“Art is a subjective thing, and it should be a subjective thing. And the difficulty of subjectivity is that it becomes hugely problematized when you start applying large sums of money to art objects. That's where it all starts to get a bit sticky.”