20th-century Performance Artist Quotes

Tristan Tzara

Miranda July

Ntozake Shange

Ze Frank

Jessica Hagedorn

Kate Bornstein

somebody almost walked off wid alia my stuff
like a kleptomaniac workin hard & forgettin while stealin
this is mine/this ain't yr stuff

A manifesto is a communication made to the whole world, whose only pretensions is to the discovery of an instant cure for political, astronomical, artistic, parliamentary, agronomical and literary syphilis. It may be pleasant, and good-natured, it's always right, it's strong, vigorous and logical.
Apropos of logic, I consider myself very likeable.

If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

This Western culture of ours tends to sacrifice the full range of experience to a lower common denominator that's acceptable to more people; we end up with McDonald's instead of real food, Holiday Inns instead of homes, and USA Today instead of news and cultural analysis. And we do that with the rest of our lives.

- the only difference between a happy ending and a sad ending is where you decide the story ends.

Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.

Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice.

Jessica Hagedorn