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Art is a structure of symbols, and those people who do not comprehend that language will pass it by.

— Alexis Hunter Found in Auckland City Art Gallery (1989)

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I think I would have been more successful, but less interesting.

They become a body not a person, then just an image not an image of a person.

It was too hard to be a feminist artist on your own; the criticism was too great to bear.

I don't want to work unless there is some meaning that by painting I can communicate something personal and political. A painting is ambiguous, very sensuous and has to come from your core.

Found in Auckland City Art Gallery (1989)

When you're painting you feel quite attune with everything... it's a great pleasure, quite addictive.

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