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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.


Barbara Kruger

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BARBARA STANWYCK Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I ...
BARBARA STANWYCK Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
BARBARA STANWYCK A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semi...
BARBARA SMITH One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply ...
BARBARA SMITH You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.
BARBARA SMITH This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
BARBARA SMITH Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
BARBARA SMITH Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entit...
BARBARA SMITH It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you ...
BARBARA SHER We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
BARBARA SHER You don't have to get it right the first time.
BARBARA SHER Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can ...
BARBARA SHER Isolation is a dream killer.
BARBARA SHER When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth ...
BARBARA SHER Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
BARBARA SHER