Edward Said

"The critic must be willing to revise fundamental assumptions"

"Culture is where ideology becomes invisible"

"Reading is an act of love and violence simultaneously"

"We must learn to live with the burden of complicity"

"The intellectual speaks from a position of compromise and difficulty"

"Art is the space where human possibility remains open"

"Every act of representation excludes as much as it reveals"

"We must cultivate patience with complexity and ambiguity"