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title: "1 Ve Busy Quotes By Carrie Mae Weems"
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> [I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really great, it's really an honor, but s\*\*t - I really have to work for these things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/i-ve-been-busy-for-a-long-long-time-i-ve-received-a-ton-of-awards-in/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

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## More by Carrie Mae Weems

> [My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/my-father-was-very-interested-in-music-and-when-he-and-his-brothers/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [In terms of digital photography, I continue to print and use film for the most part. I still shoot with film, 21/4 film specifically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/in-terms-of-digital-photography-i-continue-to-print-and-use-film-for/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/i-don-t-like-directing-a-lot-of-people-so-trying-to-keep-things/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [I didnt know photography would take me to the places that it has taken me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/i-didnt-know-photography-would-take-me-to-the-places-that-it-has/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/i-come-from-a-family-of-mississippi-sharecroppers-just-a-few/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/i-ve-been-busy-for-a-long-long-time-i-ve-received-a-ton-of-awards-in/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace. We turn to it constantly, whether you are listening to music, or pop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/art-is-the-one-place-we-all-turn-to-for-solace-we-turn-to-it/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/i-really-like-the-structure-of-my-body-it-moves-well-it-looks-good-it/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [You know, artists are influenced by other artists. We're all deeply influenced by what's around us; we don't make anything cold. Sometimes we think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/you-know-artists-are-influenced-by-other-artists-we-re-all-deeply/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge--to take the personal risk of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/it-s-very-important-for-me-to-really-use-this-body-as-a-barometer-of/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [Suddenly this camera, this thing, allowed me to move around the world in a certain kind of way, with a certain kind of purpose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/suddenly-this-camera-this-thing-allowed-me-to-move-around-the-world/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/how-you-get-work-done-is-by-exploiting-yourself-and-your-feelings-and/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [It's fair to say that black folks operate under a cloud of invisibility - this too is part of the work, is indeed central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/it-s-fair-to-say-that-black-folks-operate-under-a-cloud-of/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [Sometimes my work needs to be photographic, sometimes it needs words, sometimes it needs to have a relationship to music, sometimes it needs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/sometimes-my-work-needs-to-be-photographic-sometimes-it-needs-words/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

> [Art is the one place we all turn to for solace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-mae-weems/art-is-the-one-place-we-all-turn-to-for-solace/)

[Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-mae-weems/)

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