Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you'll find it. It's… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I think now because of this whole social media thing, people obviously felt these things [about cultural appropriation] before, and they comment… — Guido Palau Copy Share Image
Every object in the world can pass from a closed, silent existence to an oral state, open to appropriation by society, for… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Few of us doubt that stealing is wrong, especially from the poor. But the accusation of 'cultural appropriation' is overwhelmingly being used… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept… — Marco Polo Copy Share Image
When I write lyrics, I really do go into an automatic folk appropriation mode... I see the vernacular register of 20th century… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
It has become a cliché to announce that 'we live in a remix culture'... What was referred to in post-modern times as… — Lev Manovich Copy Share Image
Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of… — Fiorello H. La Guardia Copy Share Image
For a while they wore suits or pants suits, and pants suits are kind of a women's appropriation of male costume, work… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“The claimed legitimizing devices of political consent or personal labour served only to obscure the unjustifiable seizure of land from the common… — Peter Vallentyne Copy Share Image
We need to give out portrayal of ourselves. Every non-Indian writer writes about 1860 to 1890 pretty much, and there is no… — Chris Eyre Copy Share Image
The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The brilliance here is appropriation: space, form and interface combine to create a Jetsons sound machine. A dream of music access that… — Tucker Viemeister Copy Share Image
“The people of Earth cannot progress in isolation from each other. The family unit, community spirit, and society as a whole are… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The more developed sexual passion, in both sexes, is very largely an emotion of power, domination, or appropriation. There is no state… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Congress is best viewed from a distance—the farther the better—because up close, it is truly ugly. I saw most of Congress as… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Lincoln was a modernizer, so to speak. He believed in economic development. As a Whig before the war he favored what we… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
Private appropriation of the Earth’s surface, the natural resources, and the means of life is nothing less a crime than a crime… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
“The postmodern notion of "appropriation" is not a good fit. In New Mexico, the "indigenous" is a syncretic fusion of Native American… — Lucy R. Lippard Copy Share Image
A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intentions, his own accent, when he appropriates the word,… — Mikhail Bakhtin Copy Share Image
“Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society: all that it does is to deprive him of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image