Identity

“For the first time, Asians are thinking what Christianity is all about and what it means to Asian people and cultures.”

“I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size.”

“The American mind must reckon with a fundamentally changed Negro.”

“om hon i sitt yrkesliv lyckades leva upp till detta öknamn hade hon privat alltid haft avsevärda svårigheter att motsvara en sådan beskrivning.”

“The Arab is the master of destiny.”

“The Australian writer, until he gets a “London hearing”, is only accepted as an imitator of some recognised English or American author.”

“You and I are not very different from this flower. Just like this flower is unique, you are unique.”

“I’ve always been a priest, just like my father and grandfather, but now I’m more an artist than a priest. When people ask me now what I am, I say that I am an artist.”

“أنا ابن مصر، لا أعرف وطناً غيرها.”

“I don’t believe in being this rapper gimmick thing.”

“For the longest time, we have left it to everyone else but ourselves to tell our own stories.”

“My work and my people seem more real to me than I myself.”

“I wouldn't label myself anything, certainly not something with an 'ism' or an 'ist' at the end of it.”

“I paint therefore I am.”

“You can take the man out of Aberdeen but not Aberdeen out of the man.”

“집에서 '타샤'라 불리다 윤미래라는 이름을 썼을 땐 뒤에서 누가 저를 불러도 알지 못했죠.”

“I wanted to show all of my true self.”

“Passer outre la question des identités et de la place qu’on vous assigne. Pour la première fois de ma vie.”