"I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology. It's a way of delving into the past and reaching into the future simultaneously."

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Source : Betye Saar, James Christen Steward, University of Michigan. Museum of Art, Norton Museum of Art (2005). “Betye Saar: extending the frozen moment”, University of California Press

Betye Saar

#Memories Quotes #Past Quotes #Technology Quotes

“I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box.”
“You can't just say, "I'm gonna have style." You have to work at it. It's intuitive; some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.”
“By the numbers, by all the official records, here at the confluence of history, of racism, of poverty, and economic power, this is what our lives are worth: nothing.”

Source : Jesmyn Ward (2013). “Men We Reaped: A Memoir”, p.139, A&C Black
“All my life people have made fun of me because I was so skinny. They kind of made me feel bad about it sometimes. I worried that maybe people will think I am really anorexic.”
“There's been an instant desire to try to take some of the rhetoric that has done so well for Mr. Trump and apply it to Australian politics.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“I still donâ€™t get why I have to eat breakfast if you donâ€™t,â€ Josie muttered. â€œBecause you have to be a certain age to earn the right to ruin your own life.”
“Many of our racetracks were built in the '60s - not much real estate for runoff.”

Source : Source: blog.caranddriver.com

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