I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes art literal metaphor
My number-one goal is to never feel like I'm strictly defining myself. The minute I feel like I'm doing that as anything - as theatrical, as feminist, as songwriter - I feel like the minute I name it, I'm stuck in a box. Amanda Palmer boxdefinefeel share on social
Thank God my best friend's a therapist. Amanda Palmer friendgodtherapist Change image and share on social
I've always been a creative workaholic. I have never had a period of my life where I didn't have at least half a dozen projects going on at once. Amanda Palmer creativedozenhalf Change image and share on social
I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do know they're tremendously powerful. I mean, there's a vampire on 'Sesame Street.' And Count Chocula. I don't know why it's so powerful. Alan Ball choculaconsciousnesscount share on social
What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing. Cheech Marin artartistcombination share on social
Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos theory to the system, in a literal sense. Nate Silver actamericanchaos share on social