Beyond Ligon’s instinct for the telling quote, it is the sumptuously lush surfaces of his paintings that beguiles the eye. More
Beyond Ligon’s instinct for the telling quote, it is the sumptuously lush surfaces of his paintings that beguiles the eye. More
"'African-American' or 'African-American Art' has always been a complicated place to live. A noisy cul-de-sac at the end of a long and winding road that lots of folks are curious about but only want to visit during the summertime."
— Glenn Ligon, "Black Light: David Hammons and the Poetics of Emptiness"
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More
