"That's the nature of representation; every time we represent something we alter it and slightly change it. And so with that as my foundation, understanding that it's always fictional to some degree, I give myself a certain freedom to really explore and ask myself questions. What might not have been understood at that time? What might have been hidden at that time? What narrative in this particular image wasn't the primary image, but is really important? That is really interesting to me, and then I try to tease that out as much as I can."

-- Titus Kaphar

#Giving Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.”

Source : "Smokin' Aces - Andy Garcia interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“Many excellent artists working today unfortunately lack the indispensable gifts necessary for demagoguery and self-promotion, while the bad ones are full of passionate intensity.”
“If you look at a magazine and something catches your eye, are you not going to open it up to see what's inside?”
“Music bypasses the intellect, it makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you want to dance, makes you want to have sex.”

Source : "G3" Magazine, November 2002.
“I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.”
“It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while.”

Source : "Author Anne Rivers Siddons on her book ‘Nora, Nora’". Live chat, www.cnn.com. August 1, 2000.
“A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.”
“Actors have a different kind of existence because they blow up over night into superstars in their early 20s. Let's say you were a superstar in your early 20s and somebody gave you millions of dollars, I mean come on. Let's be honest here, we don't know anything in our 20s.”

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