Tariq Ali

It's such a privilege to be in the presence of beauty and to stop thinking about time or money or corporate malfeasance for a few moments.

All I have to say then is nothing and I'm intrigued by the sound of that.

It has to happen anywhere and be unexpected, and then I have to stop for it. It's like surrendering to something, it's that rare.

When it happens it feels to me as if I'm surrendering to what's already surrendered.

Then I just sit there and watch everything happen all at once, and it's neither good or bad.

It kind of hurts that I can't make more out of beauty, to do something good for the world with it.