"For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not."

-- Toyin Odutola

#Artist Quotes #Objectification Quotes #Nervous Quotes

“I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women”
“I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my eighth-grade yearbook when we moved, and I had listed "WRITER" as my future occupation. It's always been something I've been hungry to do, but I think the more practical side of me (encouraged by the more practical sides of my parents of course) shied away from pursuing a career in creative writing, in favor of something a little "safer" like law.”
“There are several ways to lay out a little garden; the best way is to get a gardener.”
“In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.”
“Truth reforms as well as informs.”

Source : William Jenkyn, James Sherman (1839). “An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude: Delivered in Christ-Church, London”, p.230
“I think what we journalists too often do is we assume the status quo is unchangeable. I think all sorts of issues of political reform, electoral reform need more discussion than they get.”

Source : Source: to.pbs.org
“In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself.”
“The organization of light and shadow effects produce a new enrichment of vision.”

Source : László Moholy-Nagy, J. Paul Getty Museum (1995). “László Moholy-Nagy: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum”, p.10, Getty Publications

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