Teresa R. Funke

Quotes

• “Let's make room for the kind of art that challenges us, pushes boundaries, stirs and inspires, and takes our breath away...”
• “If you build a wall to separate people, there will be those who find a way around the wall, or over it, or under it, or ...”
• “The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care if he sees them. They're tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my ...”
• “Our art is never really ours. Each person who experiences it brings to it a piece of themselves and reacts to it in ways...”
• “Whether the changes that are coming in your life will be unexpected or determined by your choices and actions, the wheel...”
• “In times of trouble, people need artists. We create those spaces where their own pain and worry and sadness can rest, an...”
• “Artists have a unique ability to paint the world, and to help people see injustice. They do it not with guns, but with p...”
• “We tend to think that what matters is decided by society or culture or religion or our peers, but no one can say what tr...”
• “Never let your goals or convictions get in the way of living your life. It's not about who dies with more, it's about wh...”
• “As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpfu...”
• “Putting our art out there is one of the biggest risks we can take. It's a special kind of vulnerability. It takes guts t...”
• “If your art is calling to you, its doing so for a reason. You are feeling a pull toward something for which your soul is...”
• “When we give ourselves permission to go wherever our outlandish thoughts take us, we feel that rush of creativity and ex...”
• “Spend one more day in pursuit of art that only you can produce, and somewhere, someone is envying your courage to do jus...”
• “I've realized I don't need to keep looking for my path. I'm already on it. I just need to trust where it leads.”
• “As with everything else, the more we separate ourselves from each other, the weaker we become.”
• “This is how hatred begins -- with a muffled laugh on a hot night and a knock on the door.”
• “When you find your passion, turn a deaf ear to the naysayers and follow your dreams.”
• “If you haven't proclaimed it in your own life, do it now. Say, "I am an artist.”
• “One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory.”