"It's fair to say that black folks operate under a cloud of invisibility - this too is part of the work, is indeed central to [my photographs]... This invisibility - this erasure out of the complex history of our life and time - is the greatest source of my longing."

-- Carrie Mae Weems

#Clouds Quotes #Black Quotes #Invisibility Quotes

“The one who is truly born again will love the Word of God.”
“Rwanda is an example in terms of the transformation of the rights of women. But if you talk to almost any Africanist at the State Department or the World Bank, when you say the word Africa, they think women.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The man who tells the tale if he has a tale worth telling will know exactly what he is about and this business of the artist as a sort of starry-eyed inspired creature, dancing along, with his feet two or three feet above the surface of the earth, not really knowing what sort of prints he's leaving behind him, is nothing like the truth.”
“"I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex," or "Let's go to my place," or even "I really want you," I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you.”
“Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.”
“I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them.”
“It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.”
“I believe that it's vital for children and teens to be educated, to be given information to help them understand the impacts humans are having on our water, soil, and air.”

Source : "Jayni Chase: Founder, Center for Environmental Education Interview: Chip Comins". Interview with Chip Comins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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