School of Good Citizenship

Quote 10

LigoranoReese — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:54:05 +0000

In a global world, we should be citizens. Dignity has no nationality.
– Tania Bruguera, Artist

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Quote 9

LigoranoReese — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:24:01 +0000

Artists, too, can think like politicians — using their cunning and virtuosity to harness attention and generate gestures that circulate rapidly and virally, to the widest possible audience, including (and especially) those in power.
– Claire Bishop, Art historian and writer

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Quote 8

LigoranoReese — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:22:20 +0000

The vote is precious. It’s almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
– Representative John Lewis

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Quote 7

LigoranoReese — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:52:47 +0000

An artist must also be an activist… That doesn’t mean they have to demonstrate in street protests, …to be blind to human struggle – one cannot even be called an artist.
– Ai Weiwei, Artist

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Quote 6

LigoranoReese — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:49:34 +0000

To live like a citizen is to take tangible forms of action: to vote, to organize, to protest, to argue, to serve. …to take intangible action: to listen, to sense, to question, to stay open, to feel responsible.

– Eric Liu, Founder, Citizen University

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Quote 5

LigoranoReese — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:46:32 +0000

When you think about the forms imagination can take, it can take place anywhere between the nightmare and the dream. That’s part of the thinking that goes into developing a social or political artwork.
– Suzanne Lacy, Artist

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Quote 4

web — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:37:01 +0000

The goal of the artist must be aesthetic development, and in a universal sense, to make in his own way some contribution to culture.

– Norman Lewis, Artist

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Quote 3

web — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:30:36 +0000

Tolerance is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Justice is on the ballot. Good schools are on the ballot. Ending mass incarceration is on the ballot…There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter… it all matters. Hope is on the ballot. And fear is on the ballot, too.

– President Barack Obama

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Quote 2

web — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:42:33 +0000

Artists have the power to shape the narrative and help alter the course of history through visual art, photography, poetry and music.

– Kay Tuttle, Executive Director, The Light Factory

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Quote 1

web — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:42:02 +0000

No one is born a citizen. You have to be taught what that means.

– Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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