“Being the first black woman MP was important, but what's more important is that I'm not the last.”— Diane Abbott
“It is not their real conditions of existence, their real world, that ‘men’ ‘represent to themselves’ in ideology, but above all their relation to those conditions of existence.”— Louis Althusser
“The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful; always it is irrelevant.”— Clive Bell
“I came to Washington to work for Utah. Not to work for the Republican party.”— Robert Foster Bennett
“I think representation is so important. To see yourself reflected on screen is a validating experience.”— Clea DuVall
“As an Asian-American, you have a responsibility to create opportunities for others that look like you.”— Daniel Dae Kim
“Every time I get a role, I think about how it will affect the Asian American community.”— Daniel Dae Kim
“To the extent that language is figure... it is indeed not the thing itself but the representation, the picture of the thing and, as such, it is silent, mute as pictures are.”— Paul de Man
“The Boondocks' is not the voice of Black America. It is the voice of Aaron McGruder.”— Aaron McGruder
“Westminster is a very white male-dominated institution and it's very easy to feel you don't belong.”— Diane Abbott
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”— Abigail Adams
“As the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, I am acutely aware of the challenges that still remain before we can truly claim to have achieved equality of opportunity.”— Lucille Roybal-Allard