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Misan Harriman
18 quotes
“Hope lives in a place where you allow the world to hurt you enough to know that you are stronger than the worst it can offer.”
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“I once said that to be an artist is to watch the sun rise and set with the devil next to you.”
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“To really be an artist, you have to allow what you see to haunt you.”
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“You have to let the great joy and beauty of the world be seen, but also the rage, the injustice of it all.”
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“I don’t have any more tears after seeing a man that looked like me be murdered by the police.”
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“I’ve somehow managed to tiptoe around the minefield of being a visible voice and a Black voice in a Britain that usually allows a very specific type of noise to come out of the mouths of someone with the same hue as me.”
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“Somehow I’ve been quite allowed and able to function in a society that doesn’t usually accept that.”
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“I think that all artistic voices right now, especially those who are not going to [remain silent], need to be protected and amplified by the communities that believe that universal human rights matter.”
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“I want people who are scared and angry to look at someone that looks differently to them and see a human being.”
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“What I can do is work on people who might listen to me or engage with my art, and recognise that we can be better.”
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“Photography, like protest, is about bearing witness.”
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“To feel, in itself, is to resist.”
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“It is easy not to care when a crisis does not touch your doorstep.”
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“This is the quiet power of photography. It builds bridges between strangers, between nations, and between struggles.”
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“When people are confronted with truth, they embark on their own process of recognition.”
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“No matter how much commercial success I achieved, I knew that would never be enough.”
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“I have chosen to make my sword and shield my lens and my voice.”
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“I believe the incredible mix of art voices that Southbank Centre offers has never been more important, and has huge potential as we develop a modern, post-lockdown cultural institution and explore new ways to innovate and bring arts to our communities.”
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