Amy Pugh Patel
https://www.goodreads.com/amymami
“Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory women’s dresses, writes burlesque for factory theaters, does a hundred other useful tasks. Art is useful as bread.”
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“Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”
― You Can't Go Home Again
― You Can't Go Home Again
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