During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in - and which we lost - every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.
—kurt vonnegut, interview with nuvo news (alt source)
when i post quotes i try to keep from adding my own interpretation to them because i don't want to add too much bias; i appreciate hearing alternate reads on a given piece of text. but i'm going to make a small exception this time and say this: i don't read this as saying "resistance is useless." i find it much more useful to read it as "don't mistake art for activism."
