Top 4 Kerry James Marshall Quotes

#1. I think we need to remember ... that a lot of energy was put into changing things to get us to the point where we are now. But being where we are now doesn't mean that we don't have to put in the same kind of energy to get us to a place where we ought to be.

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#2. I tend to think having that extreme of color, that kind of black, is amazingly beautiful ... and powerful. What I was thinking to do with my image was to reclaim the image of blackness as an emblem of power.

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#3. If you're constantly being reminded of the ways in which your history and your narrative as a people were rooted in loss and decay, then you're in deep trouble. Once you make a certain kind of peace with the past, then you should be completely oriented towards speculation about the future.

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#4. Black painters have done all kinds of work. It's the treatment of forms they engage in-that's what determines the value of the work, not whether you call them a black artist or not.

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