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title: "3 Bahamas Quotes By Tavares Strachan"
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> [If you take a flower to Mars, for example, the hostility of Mars probably won't allow the flower to live without oxygen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/if-you-take-a-flower-to-mars-for-example-the-hostility-of-mars/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/tavares-strachan-31840_aliens_if-you-take-a-flower-to-mars-for-example_1959493.jpg)

> [ When you're in \[ Bahamas\], it feels like a bunch of islands, with keys and things like that. It's an existential archipelago.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/when-you-re-in-bahamas-it-feels-like-a-bunch-of-islands-with-keys-and/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/tavares-strachan-31840_bahamas_when-you-re-in-bahamas-it-feels-like-a-b_2813014.jpg)

> [The way that I Am is designed, it becomes a kind of archipelago, which the Bahamas are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/the-way-that-i-am-is-designed-it-becomes-a-kind-of-archipelago-which/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/tavares-strachan-31840_bahamas_the-way-that-i-am-is-designed-it-becomes_3077880.jpg)

## More by Tavares Strachan

> [I was approached by Neville Wakefield. I've known Neville for almost a decade, but we had never really worked together. We sort of threatened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-was-approached-by-neville-wakefield-i-ve-known-neville-for-almost-a/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I think being an artist and taking on those challenges is just how it is for me. Because I was always a foreigner, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-think-being-an-artist-and-taking-on-those-challenges-is-just-how-it/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [Poetry makes sense of the parts of human experience that are confusing and not decodable in any other way. It makes accessible the inaccessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/poetry-makes-sense-of-the-parts-of-human-experience-that-are/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I think when you're younger and making things, it's something that you have to fight through, to finish things. I feel like I'm past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-think-when-you-re-younger-and-making-things-it-s-something-that-you/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I was born in a small clapboard house on an island, but I also have certain privileges that I didn't have when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-was-born-in-a-small-clapboard-house-on-an-island-but-i-also-have/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [If you take a flower to Mars, for example, the hostility of Mars probably won't allow the flower to live without oxygen. The process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/if-you-take-a-flower-to-mars-for-example-the-hostility-of-mars/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I don't really feel pressure. I'm so distracted by what we're doing; I'm doing this four-acre project, it's just absorbing all my attention. Before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-don-t-really-feel-pressure-i-m-so-distracted-by-what-we-re-doing-i/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I think there's an interesting line drawn towards extreme environments, and the way I define extreme is through a sense of otherness. Or foreignness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-think-there-s-an-interesting-line-drawn-towards-extreme/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [There are certain conceptual powers in this project, like the relationship of glass to sand, and the idea of putting glass back into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/there-are-certain-conceptual-powers-in-this-project-like-the/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [There's always a moment that tilts the scales of the project, and it's always different in every project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/there-s-always-a-moment-that-tilts-the-scales-of-the-project-and-it-s/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [Sometimes I'm inspired by the material and sometimes there's an idea that speaks to a material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/sometimes-i-m-inspired-by-the-material-and-sometimes-there-s-an-idea/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I think if art has one underlying value, it's that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-think-if-art-has-one-underlying-value-it-s-that/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [I think it's every artist's nature to want to escape. It's also human nature in a way, depending on your personality, to want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/i-think-it-s-every-artist-s-nature-to-want-to-escape-it-s-also-human/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [ When you're in \[ Bahamas\], it feels like a bunch of islands, with keys and things like that. It's an existential archipelago. It's funny,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/when-you-re-in-bahamas-it-feels-like-a-bunch-of-islands-with-keys-and/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

> [The idea of being in the desert is fundamental, but it's totally relative, and it's about that membrane: the way that one defines self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavares-strachan/the-idea-of-being-in-the-desert-is-fundamental-but-it-s-totally/)

[Tavares Strachan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavares-strachan/)

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