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Kara Walker quotes: The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that's also what the stereotype does.

The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that's also what the stereotype does.

Kara Walker quotes: I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

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

Kara Walker quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Kara Walker quotes: 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!

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!

Kara Walker quotes: I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.

I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.

Kara Walker quotes: I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.

I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.

Kara Walker quotes: I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.

I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.

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

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

Kara Walker quotes: The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.

The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.

Kara Walker quotes: I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.

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

Kara Walker quotes: 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.

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.

Kara Walker quotes: I don't think that my work is actually effectively dealing with history. I think of my work as subsumed by history or consumed by history.

I don't think that my work is actually effectively dealing with history. I think of my work as subsumed by history or consumed by history.

Kara Walker quotes: I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.

I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.

Kara Walker quotes: Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings.

Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings.

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

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

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

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

Kara Walker quotes: If you're a Black artist, you could paint a wall of smiley faces, and someone will still ask you, 'Why are you so angry?'

If you're a Black artist, you could paint a wall of smiley faces, and someone will still ask you, 'Why are you so angry?'