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Betye Saar
13 quotes
“My intent was to transform a negative, demeaning figure into a positive, empowered woman … a warrior ready to combat servitude and racism.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wherever I go, I say: ‘What’s the alternative religion?’ because every country has it.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The idea of the work, the accumulation of the materials, the putting them together, the sharing of a work are all part of a ritual. This process of objectification is … purification. Once in the world, the artwork can become part of someone else’s ritual.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I saw his work and realised that it was OK to make art out of anything.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Theatre sets and lighting influenced my later work … I liked a certain kind of theatrical feeling to my installations.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Black culture, as far as I know, women [always] worked.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you’re an assemblage artist, you don’t throw away anything.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even now, if I’m walking down the street and I find a piece of paper that’s really interesting…I still collect odd things and hope to recycle them into assemblage. Something has a little voice that says, ‘Oh, take me home!”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Growing up, especially girls, they like to wear costumes and dress up and pretend to be other things, so that just seemed natural to me.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And then I found out if I present this in the right way, it can also be art.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anything that has to do with the arts is hard living.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I used to wonder: Why is it so hard to be an artist? [But] all the rest of the working people were jealous, because we could really do what we wanted to do. We could use our imaginations to do all sorts of things.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hey, I like old boxes and bits of metal. I collect stuff. I can do that, too.”
Betye Saar (1926–2026) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Betye Saar,Carla Magazine-(August 16, 2026)by Evan Nicole Brown