"Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to sing for my supper, to make art, beautiful and powerful, that adds and reveals; to beautify the mess of a messy world, to heal the sick and feed the helpless; to shout bravely from the roof-tops and storm barricaded doors and voice the specifics of our historic moment."

-- Carrie Mae Weems

#Beautiful Quotes #Art Quotes #Powerful Quotes

“I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.”
“Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.”
“I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives back, is so incredible.”
“Because of you, I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a lot more.”
“The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am”
“There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing.”
“I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.”
“Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.”

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