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Edmonia Lewis
4 quotes
“There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities, if it were not for my passion for art.”
Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don’t want that kind of praise…I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.”
Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the attention she preferred as an artist of color in “Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Shattered Gender and Race Expectations in 19th-Century America” in Smithsonian Magazine (2019 Aug 22)
“I have strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered.”
Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art-culture, and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.”
Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source