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> [My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/my-80-year-old-mother-will-not-buy-her-heart-medicine-because-it-cost/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

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## More by Jack Bowman

> [A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/a-performance-art-piece-is-unprecedented-it-is-difficult-to-censor/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/my-80-year-old-mother-will-not-buy-her-heart-medicine-because-it-cost/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/maybe-it-will-be-a-great-thing-when-the-baby-boomers-finally-die-out/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/performance-art-is-the-ultimate-in-creativity-since-it-has-so-many/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region of Seattle. You had a choice - you either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/my-parents-were-laborers-so-we-lived-on-south-park-which-was-a-low/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/this-is-why-my-art-is-about-violence-because-i-was-subjected-to-so/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/i-love-old-books-they-tell-you-stories-about-their-use-you-can-see/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/my-art-and-poetry-is-very-political-now-because-you-ve-got-to-find/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/all-good-performance-pieces-have-some-philosophical-validity-that-s/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/basically-the-school-system-sets-you-up-with-what-it-wants-to-set-you/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/i-ve-been-in-elementary-education-for-years-and-my-belief-is-that/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/my-kids-are-free-to-do-what-ever-they-want-because-i-only-advise-i/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity. They're formed by people to keep from being suppressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/i-believe-that-i-understand-gangs-better-than-others-because-they-re/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/we-re-all-so-mauled-by-information-but-it-s-recycled-information-we/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

> [But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bowman/but-my-patriotism-goes-for-something-beyond-what-we-have-we-don-t/)

[Jack Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bowman/)

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