Repertory of Thought

“Let us speak –yes, let us speak! Let it be something that hints at a noble impulse, that holds the promise of dignity, that dares to claim a place even in the void. Let it be wrong, if it must– For the need that compels its utterance is true. Let us speak, so that those who deem our vision flawed may begin to grasp what it means for a vision to be whole... Let us draw a line upon the black slate of our art and thought –a slate dark as a tar-drenched night– so that those who scorn our crooked mark may comprehend the shape they themselves are destined to trace. Let us speak, so that those who cannot discover a thought of their own without first correcting another's may, in seeking to amend us, at least arrive at a truth.” (Necip Fazıl Kısakürek)