27 Quotes by Teresa R. Funke

In times of trouble, people need artists. We create those spaces where their own pain and worry and sadness can rest, and where their broken hearts can hope again.

Artists have a unique ability to paint the world, and to help people see injustice. They do it not with guns, but with pens and guitars and paintbrushes.

This is how hatred begins -- with a muffled laugh on a hot night and a knock on the door.

One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory.

We tend to think that what matters is decided by society or culture or religion or our peers, but no one can say what truly matters except us.

The best part about dreams is that, like all great stories, we get to decide the endings.

In those glorious moments when someone sees, really sees, your art and bothers to tell you so, relish it!

We make the things that matter, matter.

The only difference between a grown-up’s mistake and a child’s is the size of the consequence.