Tawakkol Karman (1979) Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
2010s, Nobel Prize winner highlights women’s role in Arab Spring (2011)
“To judge things of taste, we must give ourselves time to taste them.”
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“For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste.”
Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) English writer and publisher
The March of Literature (1939)
Context: For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even though you find no other soul to agree with you, and if you dislike a book you must declare that it is not literature though a million voices should shout you that you are wrong. The ultimate decision will be made by Time.
John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer
Books, Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (1981)
“Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.”
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