We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're letting the side down. Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive. Eleanor Catton artistblockcounterintuitive share on social
There is no time and space limitation for public accountability on the Internet. Creative commonality is standard and does not resemble the authoritarian style of the dead communist experience. It seems that it is no longer society's obligation to understand legislation; it is a duty for governments to be understood by their people. Eduardo Paes accountabilityauthoritariancommonality share on social
The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work, thus gaining for oneself better terms - or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial - an experience we may call 'prospering.' Edmund Phelps acquirecallconceive share on social
I've never lived in New York. I've never done a play off or on Broadway, so I think that's in my future. Have that experience - get a little apartment in the city and grow a beard and walk around with earbuds in my ears, and a stocking cap and a big giant scarf. Eric Stonestreet apartmentbeardbig share on social
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy. Erykah Badu artistcrystallizeexperience Change image and share on social
I have very fond memories of the Eagles from my experience with 'Invincible' and my college days in Philadelphia. But I am a Massachusetts girl and a Pats fan. Elizabeth Banks collegedayeagle Change image and share on social
The best experience that we have on Earth is the fact that we have scientific stations, weathering over stations down in the Antarctic for almost the entire 20th century to learn how to exist in exceedingly hazardous conditions; and the Moon is far more hazardous than Antarctica. At least they have water there. Edgar Mitchell 20thantarcticantarctica share on social
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience. Elbert Hubbard blundercashexperience Change image and share on social
I have always considered reunions to be a way to make a quick buck, and it sells short my own experience of it the first time around. Eric Avery buckconsiderexperience Change image and share on social
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion. Virginia Postrel battlebeginchange share on social