societal introspection Quotes

I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of people are questioning the future, and I can't help but think that's a positive thing. I'm not sure about the art world, but the design world may be able to offer some solutions. Design is about troubleshooting. As a designer, I ultimately feel like a gun for hire. Companies hire me because they've got a problem. That's kind of what it boils down to. And I think this is a moment in our history where we need different solutions.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.

It is the beginning of all true criticism of our time to realize that it has really nothing to say, at the very moment when it has invented so tremendous a trumpet for saying it.

I thoroughly believe that reading and literature can help a society to better understand itself.

There is a true weakness in American thought today: their incapacity to be interested in the intelligence of evil.

I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified.

We as a country have to do some soul-searching.

A culture's ability to understand the world and itself is critical to its survival. But today we are led into the arena of public debate by seers whose main gift is their ability to compel people to continue to watch them.