Wall Quotes

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect. But we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in -- to prevent them from leaving us.

One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.

"When your back is against the wall, you will find it is a good place to push off."

"When your back is against the wall, you will find it is a good place to push off."

That regardless of age or background, this desire to be an artist surely comes from the same impulse, a very simple one: an overwhelming desire to - share or show. 'I saw - I saw,' the artist says, 'a tree against a sky, a blank wall in the sunlight, and it was so thrilling, so arresting, so particularly itself - that, well, really, I must show you -'

Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books.