Carrie Mae Weems My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open for Sam Cooke. There was always music in our house, but there wasn’t much art around. – Carrie Mae Weems Art Quotes Brothers Quotes Cooke Quotes Father Quotes House Quotes Music Quotes Sam Quotes Singing Quotes I think that still, for the most part, even in 2010, the vast majority of museum shows and gallery shows and gallerists are pretty much dominated by men. So having a sense of what women are up to, for me, frankly, is very, very important. I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up – you can’t avoid that if you’re a person of color in this country.
Alex Shoumatoff The plumbing and pluvial dynamics of the Amazon, the largest freshwater system on Earth, are still far from understood. This is partly because it is a semi-open system. Moisture flows in and out unpredictably. A lot of nonlinear feedback loops and ‘remote influences’ – continental, transcontinental, oceanic, meteorological – come into play. – Alex Shoumatoff
Bobbi Brown I layer my moisturizers, which makes my complexion so fresh, I can wear less foundation. – Bobbi Brown
Farah Khan I don’t smoke, drink, do drugs or even have affairs. If I don’t even swear, I should be put in a shrine and sanctified. – Farah Khan
Fabio Lanzoni There’s not enough money in this world to make me do something degrading. – Fabio Lanzoni
Luke Evans My style is determined by the mood, the period and the circumstances which I’m going through in a given moment. – Luke Evans
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