Quotes by : Kara Walker

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise....

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality....

The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable....

I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made....

As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win....