“So much of the world and the systems that we live within are made to keep us from feeling like we're free. The way that black women in American came to be is just diametrically opposed to being free.” WorldWayMadeFeelingsBlackBlack WomenBeing Free Author:Morgan Parker
“We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free.” WayKindStoriesBeing Free Author:Morgan Parker
“Sometimes it's just rejecting stereotypes, sometimes it's creating work. Sometimes it's just blocking out the noise.” SometimesCreatingNoiseBlockStereotypeRejecting Author:Morgan Parker
“Аrt movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil.” KindMovementLinkedTurmoil Author:Morgan Parker
“We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.” LooksArtPoliticalTurmoilFertileFertile GroundPolitical Turmoil Author:Morgan Parker
“I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.” ThinkingWayGivingKindPoliticalArtistTurmoilProcessingPolitical Turmoil Author:Morgan Parker
“My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we need to and want to and think should be in the world.” ThinkingWorldWantNeedsShouldMy FriendsMotivated Author:Morgan Parker
“Hard times are really a fire under your ass to prioritize and think, "Okay, how can I challenge myself to put something in the world that wasn't there that can reach other folks and help them to process?"” ThinkingWorldHardHelpingProcessChallengesFireOkayFolksAssHard TimesPrioritize Author:Morgan Parker
“Mickalene [Thomas] is an artist that I have admired for a long time. So much of her work inspires me - I spend time looking at her work when I'm writing. I feel like we're working toward the same themes, and I see our work in conversation, whether we know it or not.” KnowsFeelsWritingLongArtistInspireConversationLong TimeThemeEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Morgan Parker
“The book [There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?] is quite complex, and I was worried that it would be marketed as one-sided or flat, and I knew that Mickalene's [Tomas] work would be able to encompass all the many states of being that are in the book.” BookStatesWould BeAbleBeautifulComplexesWorriedFlatsBeautiful ThingsOne Sided Author:Morgan Parker