If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to sit at the table.

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.

I never have a problem with being black. I have a problem with the easy association of what that means to some people.

A Scorpio, it's just about peeling back the layers. And I'm always surprised at myself-there's a lot under there.

For me, the '80s were like the drawing by Botticelli of the nine rings of hell.

Often culture gets stuck in static, traditional narratives. Contemporary ideas give culture elasticity, flexibility, which is always a breath of fresh air. But these ideas shouldn't only be for people who can afford to go to a museum or a symposium in the "better part of town."

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