"What I preserved in the figures [at Invisible Man] are those white eyes and white teeth, because that's still connected to the way in which blackness, in the extreme, has been stigmatized and the way it was often joked that you couldn't see black people in the dark until they had their eyes open or were smiling."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Kerry James Marshall

#Eye Quotes #Dark Quotes #Men Quotes

“My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.”
“With each spring comes new life, energy and green growth. In summer comes the sun, warm, kind and enduring. Fall brings its canvas of color in careful, gentle change. Winter brews into faithful strength, beauty in pure white. And then comes you. You are all that Nature offers, a blessing, a gift.. You are the fifth season.”

Source : Jason F. Wright (2007). “The Wednesday Letters: A Novel”
“The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.”
“A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!”
“I'm a huge, huge comic book fan. I love the superhero movies so much. If I had to be one of the Avengers, I would go with Thor. I would have to. I just think I look the part too much, and I'm a fan of all of them, but Thor would be something that I think I could put on. I think I could make it happen.”
“A visual understanding of great composition and how to use a camera and expensive lenses can be learned, but drive and a real hunger for making photos and telling stories... I don't think that part can be learned. You either have that inside, or you don't.”
“General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.”
“Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.”

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