I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society. Kara Walker
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  2. Life is hell, at some point we all just have to get used to it. - Alysha Speer
  3. Thank you for being you, because without whom, I wouldn't be me. - Anthony T Hincks
  4. It's time to fly. Care to join me? - Anthony T. Hincks
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More Quotes By Kara Walker
  1. Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
  2. The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
  3. I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.
  4. I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables. There's something interesting and funny and perverse about the way fairytale sometimes passes for history, for truth.
  5. As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!
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