“Crack had a social logic to it, a specific kind of reasoning that drew from a vast well of common experience for its symbolic resonance. Crack stood for pain and power, chaos and order, the truth behind the lie. Crack was a sociolegal logic grounded in blood.”
“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”
“From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.”
“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”
“The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories it contains.”