Top 29 Quotes by Kara Walker

About Kara Walker

These are some quotes by American author Kara Walker Artist, who was born on November 26, 1969.

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!

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

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

Kara Walker

I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.

I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.

Kara Walker

I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society.

Kara Walker

My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.

My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.

Kara Walker

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

Kara Walker

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

Kara Walker

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

To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.

To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.

Kara Walker

I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.

I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.

Kara Walker

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