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Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.

Anna Deavere Smith
Reality, Artist, People
"Let Me Down Easy". Interview with Yazmany Arboleda, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2010.

Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.

Anna Deavere Smith
Communication, Reality, Desire

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

Anna Deavere Smith
Character, Reality, Expression
Source: www.motherjones.com

Perhaps art is a quest for the perfect, or even the imperfect. Reality always falls short on both sides.

Anna Deavere Smith
Art, Fall, Reality
Anna Deavere Smith (2008). “Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts-For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind”, p.124, Anchor

We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.

Anna Deavere Smith
Art, Reality, Discipline

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