Culture primarily witnesses the absence of meaning, not…

The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what knowledge and…

— Alva Noe

In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only…

— Daniel Barenboim

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must…

— Stanislav Grof

An absence of meaning opens a gap in time.

— Michel de Certeau

: There are only two on-buttons for fear, in any permutation you want. One is when something that shouldn't be is, meaning a presence.…

— Guillermo del Toro

“It's only a game if there is an absence of meaning.”

— Rachel Cohn David Levithan

Seeing my children makes me come most alive. I come home and I see my kids' faces light up when they see me at…

— Richard Patrick

“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them…

— Jane Lotter

Throughout my years, I've had the pleasure of assembling and training what I believe to be the best group of people in the world.…

— Red Adair

In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,…

— Richard Rohr

“A spark of every fire we seek is already within us.”

— Kamand Kojouri

When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.

— Marianne Moore

Racism has never been outright gone in the history of this nation, but I think we've had moments where everybody has been really fed…

— Jemele Hill

“Only through absence can we understand presence, he told me, and I understood that by then. I understood it well. After”

— Sarah Domet

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave…

— Minor White