Sweet Nothings Quotes

“The Artwork as Misunderstanding
There is a crisis with regard to Representation. They are looking for Meaning as if it was a thing. As if it was a girl, required to take her panties off as if she would want to do so, as soon as the true interpreter comes along.
As if there was something to take off.”
― Marlene Dumas, Sweet Nothings: Notes And Texts

“I write about my own work because I want to speak for myself. I might not be the only authority, nor the best authority, but I want to participate in the writing of my own history. Why should artists be validated by outside authorities. I don't like being paternalism and colonised by every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along (male or female).”
― Marlene Dumas, Sweet Nothings: Notes And Texts

“Words and images drink the same wine.
There is no purity to protect.”
― Marlene Dumas, Sweet Nothings: Notes And Texts