Black Quote by Glenn Ligon Download Open image “The Carrie Mae Weems photograph 'Blue Black Boy,' I thought, was fantastic.” — Glenn Ligon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black boy Blue Boy Photograph Photograph Blue Photography Thought Thought Fantastic Weems Photograph
The whole series is black-and-white, so when I went to shoot one of the women I only had black-and-white film with me. She had… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
Not too long after 'OITB' debuted, I was at NewFest and I saw 'Black Is Blue,' a short film by Cheryl Dunye about a… — Brian Michael Smith Copy Share Image
It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
I've read both books that 'Beautiful Boy' is based on, and I can't wait to see that film. I root for that film. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
'Black Swan' was absolutely unbelievable. I had always dreamed of working with Darren Aronofsky, and Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis and… — Ksenia Solo Copy Share Image
Throughout African-American literature, the writer has, in a sense, been burdened by the necessity of pleading the case for the whole race. For example,… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Race is not something inherent to one's being: One does feel more or less colored, depending on the situation. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
I think there's an interest right now in the performance aspect of artworks, instead of just hanging things on walls. We're in a moment… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
A key text for me is James Baldwin's essays. And, in particular, his essay Stranger in the Village. It's a text that I've used… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
It's a great idea: to feel the rhythm of something by seeing how it flows on a page. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
In writing, something is always left out: it can't be articulated in the space of an essay. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Willem de Kooning paintings are a language to be learned. When they were first shown, they were ridiculed as being just drips and splatters… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead." The pottery… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
