Vanishing is impossible
Lasting is impossible
Being in two places at once is impossible
Speaking the entire truth is impossible
Instantly knowing Spanish is impossible
Living in the midst of ten thousand panes of glass is impossible
Being simultaneously masked and unmasked is impossible
Except in art
Art is the art of the possible.
—From Kenneth Koch as read by Tony Kushner at the 2010 SVA Commencement ceremony, where he took it a step further: “Art is the art of the possibility of the impossible.”
