Doris Salcedo famous quotes
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When a person disappears, everything becomes impregnated with that person's presence. Every single object as well as every space becomes a reminder of absence, as if absence were more important than presence.
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Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that has been very much present in my life from the start.
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And in a situation of war, we all experience it in much the same way, either as victim or perpetrator. So I’m not narrating a particular story. I’m just addressing experiences.
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In art, everything is particular. The more particular and the more intimate you get, the more you can give in the piece.
-- Doris Salcedo
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Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution.
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When something important is going on, silence is a lie.
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Life is more important than 'what film I do next.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.
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Peace is not just the absence of violence,peace is when the flowers bloom.
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In the absence of observers, our universe is dead
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Darkness is only light's absence.
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