“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” — Phil Ochs Quote

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.

Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?

Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.

Age is just a number and beauty is within.

Being from the Middle East paired with my upbringing in the United States had pretty polarising effects on the way I perceive beauty.

Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.