Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.
A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.