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As artists we are here to make you uncomfortable with the complexity of your reality.


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Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.

Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.



I don't think you can be from the Caribbean and not know a certain amount about the apocalypse.

I don't think you can be from the Caribbean and not know a certain amount about the apocalypse.



The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.



Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.



She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.

She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.



If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level any reflection of themselves

If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level any reflection of themselves



We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain.

We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain.



Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.

Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.



I think the average guy thinks they're pro-woman, just because they think they're a nice guy and someone has told them that they're awesome. But the truth is far from it.

I think the average guy thinks they're pro-woman, just because they think they're a nice guy and someone has told them that they're awesome. But the truth is far from it.



[Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.

[Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.





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I'd rather do new stuff. The old stuff is better to talk about than to see. It always sounds better than it really is.

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Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human consciousness.

Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human consciousness.



Die on a hilltop... eyeing the crows... waiting for your lids to close... but you want to watch as they peck your flesh... Ironic that they go for the eyes first.

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Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.

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You never know what an artist is going to create next.

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