--- title: "4 Truong Tran Quotes - Famous Artist" description: "American poet... | Truong Tran is a Vietnamese-American poet, visual artist, and teacher. He is an author of five collections of poetry and a children's..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/truong-tran-70715_dirty_the-politics-of-language-and-the-politic_370202.jpg" --- # Truong Tran (1969) Artist **4** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Truong Tran is an artist. ## Quick Facts About Truong Tran Born January 1, 1969 Profession Artist ## About Truong Tran American poet... \| Truong Tran is a Vietnamese-American poet, visual artist, and teacher. He is an author of five collections of poetry and a children's book. As a visual artist Tran is best known for mixed media pieces though he has worked in multiple mediums. His work is in private collections, and he has been honor ## Quotes by Truong Tran > [The politics of language and the politics of writing really got to me. I've heard this phrase more than once now: this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truong-tran/the-politics-of-language-and-the-politics-of-writing-really-got-to-me/) [Truong Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truong-tran/) [Dirty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dirty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/truong-tran-70715_dirty_the-politics-of-language-and-the-politic_370202.jpg) > [It took a pretty drastic moment to shift my thinking towards visual arts. I got to a moment in my writing career…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truong-tran/it-took-a-pretty-drastic-moment-to-shift-my-thinking-towards-visual/) [Truong Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truong-tran/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/truong-tran-70715_art_it-took-a-pretty-drastic-moment-to-shift_1101556.jpg) > [It is just so satisfying to create work that is beyond the framework of language. I think for me that when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truong-tran/it-is-just-so-satisfying-to-create-work-that-is-beyond-the-framework/) [Truong Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truong-tran/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/truong-tran-70715_art_it-is-just-so-satisfying-to-create-work_1752591.jpg) > ["Facilitate my thinking" means thinking about who I am as a human being in relation to the world around me. It's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truong-tran/facilitate-my-thinking-means-thinking-about-who-i-am-as-a-human-being/) [Truong Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truong-tran/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/truong-tran-70715_art_facilitate-my-thinking-means-thinking-ab_1908110.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truong-tran/#itemlist", "name": "Truong Tran Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The politics of language and the politics of writing really got to me. I've heard this phrase more than once now: this idea of the poetry wars, or the idea that people within the space of writing are at odds with one another or manipulating language to further one's political stance, manipulating language in ways that really felt dirty to me. 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