Body Quote by Bernard Tschumi

Violence is always an effort toward greater freedom or love. Openness is freedom and love. Even the most violent or self-destructive emotions are rooted…

— David Deida

“Paradoxically, that large screen in the cavernous, crowded room creates intimacy. And violence is an intimate act. If you are punching someone, or if…

— D.K. Holm

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

— Chris Hedges

The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations, language. We…

— Lawrence Joseph

Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I have, and…

— Cornelia Parker

Violence is the fear to other's ideals.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Structural violence is visited upon all those whose social status denies them access to the fruits of scientific and social progress.”

— van Dernoot Lipsky, Laura

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

— Henri Nouwen

Violence multiplies violence.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Violence is a means of bargaining and signalling value within the marketplace.”

— Alex de Waal

How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to that violence. I think it's a question of language, as it arrives…

— Claudia Rankine