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Kara Walker Quotes

American - Artist | November 26, 1969 -

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.

Funny Truth History Interesting Way

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

Work Feeling Interest Making Elicit

Challenging and highlighting abusive power dynamics in our culture is my goal; replicating them is not.

Power Culture Goal Our Dynamics

I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.

Mountain Stone Country Always Up

To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.

Challenge You Artist Look Things

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

History People Black Historical Film

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.

Me Society Pictures Desire Rebellion

My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.

Work Silly Sometimes Kind Mean Big

Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.

Gender You Done Race Never Box

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.

Space Loss Without Hold Us Injury

I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.

Black Never How Learned Adequately

I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.

Artist Know Say Knew Wanted Really

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