Bearing witness Quote by Libba Bray

“the mural, there were painted lines for the Underground, like scars stretched across the skin of the infected nation. There were wounds and then…

— Libba Bray

“But maybe it was only that Father was thinking that he must arrive in Memphis with the entire family household intact if he was…

— Peter Taylor

“The wounds were hard to heal, and once they did heal, they left behind the ugly reminder of the scars, those little cracks where…

— Irina Serban

“. . . No matter how screwed up the artist might be, there's still the chance that they can produce art that people like…

— Charles Martin

“Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.”

— Annette Messager

“They wish there were some rough edges So they'd carry the bruises as secret remembrance”

— Eesha Kumar

“I think his paintings are cathartic for him,” she said. “After you experience trauma that deep, you need to do something to heal. Something…

— Liz Murray

“The candles illuminated the room and his murals of tattoos...There were muscles everywhere, protruding from his skin and framing him like armor; his body…

— Latrivia Nelson Dmitry's Closet

“I glanced at Marcus’s grave, and my gaze wandered to the blood-red rose. It wasn’t blood-red, or beautiful anymore. Mud and murk had spoiled…

— Ellie Fox

“Again he picked up a stone and kept rolling it in his hands. His hands were damp with mounting excitement. What was it that…

— Fred Chappell

“Maybe the hardened clay was not as ugly as I had thought. Maybe what I resented was the color my father had painted me.…

— Zohreh Ghahremani

“Still, his scars, combined with the serpentine wound now visible without the bandage covering his shoulder, made him all the more dangerous. He was,…

— Kristen Simmons