Quotes by Masha Gessen

About Masha Gessen:

Maria Alexandrovna Gessen is a Russian and American journalist, author, and activist noted for her opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Gessen identifies as a lesbian and has written extensively on LGBT rights and help founded the Pink Triangle Campaign. She has been described as "Russia's leading LGBT rights activist" and has said herself that for many years she was "probably the only publicly out gay person in the whole country."
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

It turned out that capitalism alone could make people not only rich and happy but also poor, hungry, miserable, and powerless.

Masha Gessen

The ability to discuss things was still the most highly valued commodity in the Soviet Union.

Masha Gessen

Here is what I was trying to figure out: how a miracle happens. A great work of art -- something that makes people pay attention, return to the work again and again, and reexamine their assumptions, something that infuriates, hurts, and confronts -- ...

Masha Gessen

To create, and to confront, one has to be an outcast.

Masha Gessen

Rigidity is always the opposite of the search for truth.

Masha Gessen

When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.

Masha Gessen

In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history -- political history and art history -- is made when someone effectively confronts the lie. But in really scary societies public conversation is an exercise in using words ...

Masha Gessen

Author Bio

  • NameMasha Gessen
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornJanuary 13, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Author