Carolina Quotes
The truth is not sentimental. The truth is dangerous. The truth will get you in trouble.
Randall Kenan Carolinian
Source
"There's a Hellhound on Your Trail: How to See Like Gordon Parks," graduation address, MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, Duke University, Nasher Museum of Art, 2015
- form
- speech
- work
- There's a Hellhound on Your Trail: How to See Like Gordon Parks
- year
- 2015
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