"One can take a neon tube and simply paint it black on the front. So it would read as a black letter or a line, but it would also read as neon because there would be light coming from behind that black letter."

-- Glenn Ligon

#Light Quotes #Black Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Being asked, "Where are you REALLY from?" It makes one feel OTHERED.”

Source : "BYT Interviews: Celeste Ng". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.
“A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart.”
“I don't paint, I hit.”

Source : Karel Appel, Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum (2005). “Karel Appel: retrospective 1945-2005”, Artimo Foundation
“Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.”
“When scandal has new-minted an old lie, Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply, 'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears Gathering around it with erected ears; A thousand names are toss'd into the crowd, Some whisper'd softly, and some twang'd aloud, Just as the sapience of an author's brain, Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.”
“Evolution was in a strange mood when that creation came along.... It makes one wonder just where the plant world leaves off and the animal world begins.”
“The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.”
“We strongly oppose warning labels on cigarette packs for several reasons: first and foremost, warning labels may improperly imply that it has been scientifically established that smoking causes disease”

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