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A lot of what I was wanting to do in my work and what I have been doing has been about the unexpected... that unexpected situation of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time.
— Kara Walker
Tags: situation, unexpected, time, work

Other Quotes by "Kara Walker"

There is something very strange and unsettling for me about making a work that doesn't fit with what's the norm or what's acceptable. There's something both liberating about it and challenging. I can imagine it doing more harm than good.
— Kara Walker
Tags: doing, me, good, work
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
— Kara Walker
Tags: events, think, political, work
As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!
— Kara Walker
Tags: just, child, win, sad
The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
— Kara Walker
Tags: nothing, past, history, work
Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.
— Kara Walker
Tags: race, gender, never, you
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