--- title: "4 Artistic Quotes By Junot Diaz" description: "4 Artistic quotes by Junot Diaz. Plus more from Junot Diaz and more Artistic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/junot-diaz-531_artistic_new-jersey-is-to-new-york-what-santo-dom_1595558.jpg" --- > [New Jersey is to New York what Santo Domingo is to the United States. I always felt that those two landscapes, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/new-jersey-is-to-new-york-what-santo-domingo-is-to-the-united-states/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/junot-diaz-531_artistic_new-jersey-is-to-new-york-what-santo-dom_1595558.jpg) > [But it's clear to me that us slow-poke writers are a dying breed. It's amazing how thoroughly my young writing students have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/but-it-s-clear-to-me-that-us-slow-poke-writers-are-a-dying-breed-it-s/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/junot-diaz-531_artistic_but-it-s-clear-to-me-that-us-slow-poke-w_1732526.jpg) > [Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/stereotypes-they-re-sensual-cultural-weapons-that-s-the-way-that-we/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/junot-diaz-531_art_stereotypes-they-re-sensual-cultural-wea_1835199.jpg) > [Mexico City is the center of art and culture and politics and has been and continues to be for Latin America in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/mexico-city-is-the-center-of-art-and-culture-and-politics-and-has/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/junot-diaz-531_america_mexico-city-is-the-center-of-art-and-cul_1923726.jpg) ## Other authors on Artistic - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gilbert-k-chesterton-38545.jpg) Gilbert K. Chesterton 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/gilbert-k-chesterton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/vincent-van-gogh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julia-cameron-54149.jpg) Julia Cameron 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/julia-cameron/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-saunders-37966.jpg) George Saunders 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/george-saunders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-camille-paglia-20735.jpg) Camille Paglia 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/camille-paglia/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billy-corgan-18126.jpg) Billy Corgan 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/billy-corgan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrei-tarkovsky-12850.jpg) Andrei Tarkovsky 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/andrei-tarkovsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-walford-52464.jpg) John Walford 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/john-walford/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-saltz-49147.jpg) Jerry Saltz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/jerry-saltz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/friedrich-nietzsche/) ## More by Junot Diaz > [It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/it-might-interest-you-that-just-as-the-u-s-was-ramping-up-its/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/tell-her-that-you-love-her-hair-that-you-love-her-skin-her-lips/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [It took me sixteen years to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/it-took-me-sixteen-years-to-write/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-ask-everybody-you-know-how-long-does-it-usually-take-to-get-over/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/instead-of-finding-himself-in-nerd-heaven-where-every-nerd-gets-fifty/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-one-thing-about-being-a-dude-and-writing-from-a-female/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“I used to think those were the barrio rules, Latinos and blacks in, whites out —a place we down cats weren’t supposed to go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-used-to-think-those-were-the-barrio-rules-latinos-and-blacks-in/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-put-my-hand-on-her-knee-i-just-wish-you-d-say-you-love-me/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-ve-always-thought-that-you-don-t-love-a-country-by-turning-a-blind/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/called-her-a-whore-and-attacked-her-walls-tearing-down-her-posters/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-re-dominican-only-if-you-do-this-this-and-that-and-if-you-do-this/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“Ramfis fled the country after Trujillo's death, lived dissolutely off his father's swag, and ended up dying in a car crash of his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/ramfis-fled-the-country-after-trujillo-s-death-lived-dissolutely-off/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-didn-t-grow-up-like-i-did-then-you-don-t-know-and-if-you-don-t/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“If you ask me I don't think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That's enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-ask-me-i-don-t-think-there-are-any-such-things-as-curses-i/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-only-difference-between-a-published-and-unpublished-writer-is-a/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/junot-diaz/#itemlist", "name": "4 Artistic Quotes By Junot Diaz", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "New Jersey is to New York what Santo Domingo is to the United States. 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