Deborah Kass Quotes

• To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip -artists were supposed to be like cowboys.

  Deborah Kass

  Artist, Cowboy, Generations

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• Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.

  Deborah Kass

  Generations, Way, Language

  "Deborah Kass On Appropriation, Barbra Streisand, And The Dissolving Middle Class". Interview with Hallie Sekoff, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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• I am not alone in thinking that we are at a tipping point ecologically and morally and politically. Democracy cannot survive without a vibrant middle class, yet the policies of one of the parties has been committed to wiping it out for 30 years.

  Deborah Kass

  Party, Thinking, Years

  "Deborah Kass On Appropriation, Barbra Streisand, And The Dissolving Middle Class". Interview with Hallie Sekoff, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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• A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.

  Deborah Kass

  Odds, America, Broadway

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• My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post war NY painting.

  Deborah Kass

  War, Order, Painting

  "Deborah Kass On Appropriation, Barbra Streisand, And The Dissolving Middle Class (PHOTOS, INTERVIEW)". Interview with Hallie Sekoff, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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• I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.

  Deborah Kass

  Memories, Father, Feet

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• Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.

  Deborah Kass

  Self, Issues, People

  "Deborah Kass On Appropriation, Barbra Streisand, And The Dissolving Middle Class". Interview with Hallie Sekoff, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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