Quotes: Kyo Maclear

"Neither one of my parents finished high school. There were obvious downsides, but one result is that they discovered the movement of their minds without thought of permission, without an eye on a good grade. From them, I should have known: knowledge is a beautiful sideways and sometimes upward spiral, but a tower of appeasement will not feed you. Merit badges will teach compliance with preset paths but will not teach pathfinding." 

–– Kyo Maclear (b. 1970), British-born, Canadian writer and artist 

Source: Kyo Maclear. Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023; pp. 166. 

via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p.106-7.

Quotes: Audre Lorde

"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge."

–– Audre Lorde (1934-1992), American writer, feminist, civil rights activist and a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." 

Quotes: Tom Waits

"We are buried underneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness." 

–– Tom Waits (b. 1949), American musician, composer, singer-songwriter, actor 

Source: Tom Waits. True Confessions. 2008.

Quotes: Confucius

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." 

 –– Confucius (551 BCE - 479 BCE), Chinese philosopher and politician 

Quotes: Marcus Garvey

"Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it." 

–– Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator 

Quotes: Ludwig van Beethoven

"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine." 

–– Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer and pianist 

via: Sketchbook 20, 2012, p. 54