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That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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Do you want to be an artist so that the whole world will look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you would like to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?
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Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'
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I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
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When I was a kid, my grandfather said that if you say a word often enough, it becomes you. Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.
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Then everyone leaves, and you are left, each night, to your own devices with a crowd of interesting people - most of whom you don't know - sitting in the dark.
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I have never been in a violent movie or television show.
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I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to.
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I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.
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You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.
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President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.
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I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.
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Commit to finding the true nature of art. Go for that thing no one can teach you.
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I think that art is supposed to be ahead of the times.
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People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.
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You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.
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Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.
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I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.
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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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