Kara Walker

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.