Identity

“My life means nothing, either theoretically or practically, unless I am a member of a community.”

“porque conozco lo poco que soy y lo menos que valgo”

“My choice will be to be an artist activist – not an activist artist.”

“We are talking to ourselves as we must and if we are overheard in America, or England, so much the better.”

“I was able to discover some parts of my lost self.”

“เราจักสำแดงความเป็นไทยต่อโลก”

“reaction to my experience as a black man in a social world created by white people primarily for their own ends”

“The differences between African cultures far outweigh the similarities.”

“Ben efsane değil insanım.”

“«Пласт» мене самоорганізував і дав мені певний спосіб думання, український патріотизм.”

“I don't think any of us are considered 'normal' people.”

“Language is a nation’s soul and life, while history is its consciousness and memory.”

“I am not any more looking at Hindu scriptures, symbols and rituals from the outside as ‘other’, but from within as ‘mine’.”

“Every one of my movies is a personal movie.”

“I've always worked very hard at just being comfortable with who I am.”

“I’m bloody great.”

“Our starting point has got to be the individual.”

“To be yourself, no matter what.”

“Mi sentimiento es mexicano, mi color es mexicano, mis formas son mexicanas, pero mi concepto es una mezcla.”

“I think I'm just a vessel of struggle and being able to overcome things.”