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“if you don't exist in the arts of a culture, you're invisible. The arts are what express the soul of who we are and that expresses our humanity.”

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Esmeralda Santiago

Esmeralda Santiago is an American author born on May 17, 1948. Her works primarily focus on the culture and history of Latin America and the Caribbean, especially the experiences of the Puerto Rican people. more

“Since the journey is a metaphor - the most ambiguous and seductive of metaphors, we tell ourselves - it can also be born of immobility. There is no need to drag our bodies around so much, all dressed up. It's hot, there are flies, diseases. It is enough to close our eyes, seated on a chair in the shade, to float on the waves of imagination. Isn't that what books are there for?”

Needs Book Enough Body Eye Born Imagination Journey Disease Hot Metaphor Wave Chairs Shade Drag Floats Seductive Ambiguous Dressed Up

Book:The Silent Duchess

Source: The Silent Duchess

“The eye is complicated. It mixes the colors [it sees] for you ... The painter must unmix them and lay them on again shade by shade, and then the eye of the beholder takes over and mixes them again.”

Art Eye Color Lays Complicated Painter Shade Beholder Eye Of The Beholder

Book:I, Juan de Pareja

Source: I, Juan de Pareja

“When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.”

Way May Done Results Mass Critical Symbols Manipulation Imperatives Things Done

Author:John Grierson

“And how to paint your lovely hands, fluttering over the silks like two dark birds?”

Two Hands Dark Bird Paint Lovely Silk Fluttering

Book:I, Juan de Pareja

Source: I, Juan de Pareja

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