| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| c50279c | The Europeans hate us because we've retired to live inside our advertisements, like hermits going into caves to contemplate. We sleep in symbolic bedrooms, eat symbolic meals, are symbolically entertained- and that terrifies them, that fills them with fury and loathing because they can never understand it. | animosity commercialization europeans | Christopher Isherwood | |
| 8936694 | Rough work with a soul will always be open to all, including condemnation & reviling, while fine work housing emptiness is closed to all insults & is easily ivied over with paid praises | inspirational commercialization creativity | Richard Flanagan |