The American sense of the importance, the fundamental importance of the black-white dichotomy, comes out of societies founded in the era of the African slave trade, so societies like ours, that is to say the western hemisphere, the Caribbean and… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
In places like Germany or France the idea of black-white is not so much black-white but "our people and them," and "them" can be people from the near east like Turks or Muslims or North Africans, all of whom might… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
Emerson was not passionate about abolition. He wasn't a passionate person. He was a cool intellectual, and I think he probably was a little… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
Before science, before the eighteenth century, religion answered the questions, and so in the nineteenth century for instance there was a real jostling between… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
You need to do some work even if you have the talent. So I just went the way that was easier, the way I… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
I'm a professional historian. I do my research. I have a PhD. What does my race have to do with it? — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
The American sense of the importance, the fundamental importance of the black-white dichotomy, comes out of societies founded in the era of the African… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
We live in a world in which it's harder to talk about the American in the singular, so we're a multi. We have several… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
Grigsby's marvelous exploration-a deep, wide, and beautiful inquiry into Sojourner Truth's use of technology-features more of her photographs than have ever been collected before.… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
Science is a truth that is true no matter what, no matter when and for all time and science as the kind of gospel… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
What we can see depends heavily on what our culture has trained us to look for. — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
Being a graduate student is no fun and is hard, but I'm sticking with it. I love making art. — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
In places like Germany or France the idea of black-white is not so much black-white but "our people and them," and "them" can be… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
Making art for me is not fun in the sense of la, la, la, la, but it's something that I find very absorbing and… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
