Reads tagged with “interviews”
Patti Smith on Listening to the Creative Impulse and the Crucial Difference Between Writing Poetry and Songwriting
“In times of strife, we have our imagination, we have our creative impulse, which are things that are more important than material things. They are the things that we should magnify.”
There Is a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In: Leonard Cohen on Democracy and Its Redemptions
A generous reminder that we must aim for “a revelation in the heart rather than a confrontation or a call-to-arms or a defense.”
Broadcasters of the Self: Ian McEwan on Our Age of Identity and How the Politics of Modern Selfhood Imperils the Art of Listening
“When you make the self the outer limit of your politics, you then begin to ignore a great deal of the attitudes, situations, dilemmas, misery of others.”
Alain de Botton on Love, Vulnerability, and the Psychological Paradox of the Sulk
“If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.”
Pioneering Astronomer Vera Rubin on Women in Science, Dark Matter, and Our Never-Ending Quest to Know the Universe
“We’re still groping for the truth… Science consists of continually making better and better what has been usable in the past.”
Leonard Cohen on Moonlight, the Mystique of Creativity, His Influences, and Why He Loves It When People Cover His Songs
“It’s also very difficult to untangle influences because you represent the sum of everything you’ve seen or heard or experienced.”
Leonard Bernstein on Cynicism, Instant Gratification, and Why Paying Attention Is a Countercultural Act of Courage and Resistance
“There is so much inherent goodness in people that if they aren’t inhibited by traumas and are given half a chance, it shines through.”
Wave: A Most Unusual Coloring Book by English Artist Shantell Martin, Inspired by Life in Japan
An illustrated ode to the art of affectionate surrender to the ebb and flow of existence.
Urbanism Patron Saint Jane Jacobs on Our Civic Duty in Cultivating Cities That Foster a Creative Life
“People ought to pay more attention to their instincts.”
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