To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Quotations
Silence
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Great souls suffer in silence.
-Friedrich Schiller
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck
Your silence gives consent.
-Plato
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Silence is a source of great strength.
-Lao Tzu "Lao Tzu"
The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.
-Simon Van Booy
"Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories"
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
