Doris Salcedo quotes
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“When a person disappears, everything becomes impregnated with that person's presence. Every single object as well as every space becomes a reminder of absence, as if absence were more important than presence.”
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“Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that has been very much present in my life from the start.”
-- Doris Salcedo -
“And in a situation of war, we all experience it in much the same way, either as victim or perpetrator. So I’m not narrating a particular story. I’m just addressing experiences.”
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“In art, everything is particular. The more particular and the more intimate you get, the more you can give in the piece.”
-- Doris Salcedo -
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“Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.”
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Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
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“Peace is not just the absence of violence,peace is when the flowers bloom.”
Source : Petra Karin Kelly, Glenn D. Paige (1992). “Nonviolence Speaks to Power”, Matsunaga Inst for Peace
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“Darkness is only light's absence.”
Source : Andrew Clements (2008). “Things That Are”, p.32, Penguin
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