Art allows you to imbue the truth with a sort of magic, so it can infiltrate the psyches of more people, including those who don't believe the same things as you.

Wangechi Mutu

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Speaker

Wangechi Mutu

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Black artist Artist

From

Kenya Africa

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Mutu, Wangechi. Quoted in 33 Artists in 3 Acts, written by Sarah Thornton. W. W. Norton & Company, 2014, p. 59. Originally an interview with Sarah Thornton, c. 2013.

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.