10 Quotes by Alonzo King

To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that’s hard enough.

Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average.

What’s interesting about you is you.

Everything in the phenomenal universe is straight line and circle. The horizon, our heads, arms, electrons, the oceans, planets and stars. Their principle function is to radiate. The task of the human being is also to radiate.

The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.

My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol of the savior. She weaves tales not to save her own life, but to save humanity from its unending retributive response to injury.

The artistic path is a fearless occupation.

Be IN it. Get drunk in the moment.

Art is a form of intelligence, it can be developed, it’s linked to intuition and it’s something that all humans have.