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The idea of victimage is a dreadful thing, a product of a safe middle-class perspective. What people who are not safe develop is a tragic wisdom, a wisdom that embraces contradiction and seeks a sense of balance rather than going to extremes.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: The idea of victimage is
W. P. Kinsella, who was born on a farm near Edmunton, Alberta, has earned wide recognition for his wild imagination and rash humor as a writer.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: W. P. Kinsella, who was
If you desecrate a white grave, you wind up sitting in prison. But desecrate an Indian grave, and you get a Ph.D.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: If you desecrate a white
Indians are usually seen as capsulized: limited to one environment, with the illusion of stability in that environment. But Indians have been engaged all over the world for centuries, in Europe, even in Asia.
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The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American.
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Even the earliest cave paintings in France and Spain had natural motion.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: Even the earliest cave paintings
Confucius would give his seat to an old woman. Communist cadres, on the other hand, took the best seats and called it a cultural revolution.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: Confucius would give his seat
I'm a visual thinker. With almost all of my writing, I start with something that's visual: either the way someone says something that is visual or an actual visual description of a scene and color.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: I'm a visual thinker. With
Life is a chance, a story is a chance. That I am here is a chance.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: Life is a chance, a
Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: Naanabozho was the first tribal
Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in the shrouds of identities.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in
I use not casual phrases but imagistic phrases that create a rhythm of natural presence.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: I use not casual phrases
The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you're not held back by the facts.
Gerald Vizenor Quotes: The great liberation of imaginative
There is a sense of motion and a concise, immediate image in haikus and Anishinaabe dream songs.
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