“I love art almost as much as I love books. It’s hard to explain the way I feel when I see a beautiful painting. It’s a combination of scared, happy, excited, and sad all at once, like a soft light that glows in my chest and stomach for a few seconds. Sometimes it takes my breath away, which I didn’t know was a real thing until I stood in front of this painting. I used to think it was just some saying in pop songs about stupid people in love. I had a similar feeling when I read an Emily Dickinson poem. I was too excited and threw my book across the room. It was so good that it made me angry. People would think I'm nuts if I try to explain it to them, so I don't.” ArtBooksFeelings And Emotions Book:I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Source: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
“That's what's so great about art and poetry-right when you think you "get it," you see something else. You can find a million hidden meanings.” ArtPoetryPage 44 Book:I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Source: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
“Almost all the Renaissance and Baroque paintings we studied in class were of baby Jesus, which is not very interesting, so when I saw Artemisia Gentileschi's paintings of biblical women killing all those horrible men, my heart trembled. She was such a bad ass.” ArtPage 44 Book:I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Source: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter