Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or the metaphoric experience that allows them to see human continuity as opposed to total threat, total willingness to do violence. Stanley Crouch bringcontinuityexperience share on social
The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about. Stanley Crouch americandiscussiongeneral Change image and share on social
I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and rhythms mean something to you besides just the academic way in which they fall in place. Stanley Crouch academicaestheticelement share on social
When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution to problems, we are in need of another vision. Stanley Crouch colorcrossekill Change image and share on social
If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway. Stanley Crouch highwayintellectualsubway Change image and share on social
Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy. Stanley Crouch boycapablelive Change image and share on social
But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media. Stanley Crouch maintainmediummyth Change image and share on social
In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something. Stanley Crouch americafigurelearn Change image and share on social
What we need in America is a renaissance. We need to go forward by going backward. Stanley Crouch americabackwardforward Change image and share on social
People don't really think other people are the same. Stanley Crouch people Change image and share on social
