Carolina Quotes
I tend to paint everyone, most everyone, with their eyes closed because I feel that we are blind to one another’s humanity so if we could see the gifts strengths and potentials within every human being then our eyes would be open
Ernie Barnes Carolinian
Source
Interview on CNN, 1990; quoted in Culture Type, September 6, 2019
- form
- interview
- work
- CNN interview
- year
- 1990
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“I tend to paint everyone, most everyone, with their eyes clo…” Ernie Barnes. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-60418E3417. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/60418e3417
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