Julie Mehretu quote

I'm really interested in the nondefinitive element of abstraction.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu
Born: 1970

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I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco sauce, some ketchup, some mayonnaise. I love all of that. Put it on a trumpet. I've just got to have the ketchup and Tabasco sauce. That's my attitude about musical philosophy. Wynton Marsalis
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I'm endlessly intrigued by stories, and I love helping someone to formulate his or her story. I can drift off when I'm reading pure abstraction, but the narratives of human lives hold my attention every time. Andrew Solomon
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