Misrecognition Quotes & Sayings

I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. — Ira Sachs

Citizenship is more than an individual exchange of freedoms for rights; it is also membership in a body politic, a nation, and a community. To be deemed fair, a system must offer its citizens equal opportunities for public recognition, and groups cannot systematically suffer from misrecognition in the form of stereotype and stigma. — Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Misrecognition subverts the possibility of equal democratic participation. — Melissa V. Harris-Perry

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me. — Rafael Nadal

Liberal humanism, which is still the dominant discourse in Western societies, assumes the unitary nature of the subject and conscious subjectivity. It insists on establishing the appearance of unity from moments of subjectivity which are often contradictory. To be inconsistent in our society is to be unstable. Yet the appearance of the unitary subject, based as it is on primary structures of misrecognition of the self as authorial source of meaning, is precarious, easily disrupted and open to change. — Chris Weedon

I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on us. — Gerhard Richter

Do you think it's ready?" I [Silenus, The Poet] asked.
"It's perfect ... a masterpiece."
"Do you think it'll sell?" I asked.
"No fucking way. — Dan Simmons

Any god who can invent hell is no candidate for the Salvation Army — Joseph Campbell

My makeup artist likes to define my brows with Maybelline Brow Drama. We brush up on the part closest to my nose and it's straight after that. Then, I like to use the matte brown shades from Maybelline The Nudes Palette to shadow my eyes, but without it looking like I'm wearing much. — Gigi Hadid