Art Quote by Paul Theroux

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

— Jane Smiley

Dreamers of dreams may be pathfinders; but they may be mere vagrants. Of those who depart from the pavements, only a few are explorers:…

— Gilbert Ryle

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

— Sheila Kamerman

Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects…

— Amartya Sen

I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:…

— Orson Scott Card

Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being…

— Donna Freitas

It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community.

— Dwight Schultz

I have to feel the audience. I enjoy that feeling of community.

— Dave Gahan

We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood of a…

— Edgar Mitchell

The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,…

— Umair Haque

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my…

— Sharon Horgan

The strains and stresses suffered by the individual in society are grounded in the normal functioning of that society (and of the individual!) rather…

— Herbert Marcuse