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David C. Driskell
"In 1951 I took my first art course. And one day I looked over my shoulder and there was this tall gentleman standing, very well-dressed and groomed, and he asked, "What is your name? I don't know you. What is your major?" I said history. And he looked at my drawing and looked at me and said, "You don't belong over there; you belong here." He was James A. Porter." --
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David C. Driskell
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“Every man is full of music; but it is not every man that knows how to bring it out.”
“Whether you do a play in front of 100 people or a movie that one billion people see, you're still affecting people.”
“Things were bad but now they are OK.”
“I wouldn't advocate for a feminism that's buttoned-up and divorced of the messiness of our real lives. Your feelings are your feelings, but you're not going to litigate your feelings about my body. The feminist ethics that I signed up for were respect for my bodily autonomy, that my experience is my experience, and that I'm an expert in my own life.”
“In consigning Elian back to slavery without a hearing, this administration is setting back the cause of freedom -- in this country and in Cuba.”
“Cooking a fantastic meal is therapeutic. I like the entire process-the chopping, the stirring. At the end, hopefully you get to enjoy a great meal with a friend or loved one.”
“My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.”
“There's a lot of feeling that the school curriculum has been bare-bones, just drill and, again, no art, music, and so on and so forth”
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