Saul Williams

“The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.”

“We have been programmed to consume. We are all consumers. This is the new religion.”

“Change is the only constant. Your ability to navigate and tolerate change and its painful uncomfortableness directly correlates to your happiness and general well-being.”

“The role of an artist is to be a witness to their time in history.”

“Fear is a social construct. It is programmed into us through our environment, our parents, and our media.”

“They can't break you unless you break yourself.”

“I'm not interested in being a role model. I'm interested in being a possibility model.”

“I believe that the role of the artist is to be a truth-teller. I have a moral obligation to speak truth to power.”

“I stand on the corner of the block slinging amethyst rocks.”

“Art is the only thing that can save us from ourselves.”

“Your rebel soul is striving to be free, and your ego is trying to fit in.”

“I think poetry is the most powerful form of communication. It is the language of the soul.”

“We are the generation that will not be silenced. We are the generation that will not be ignored.”

“The future is unwritten. We have the power to create our own destiny.”

“Hack the planet. We are the virus that will change the world. We are the new way of thinking.”

“I think that hip-hop should be a forum for ideas. I think it should be a place where we can discuss politics, where we can discuss social issues.”