"[Decoys] are the ultimate invention of indigenous peoples, adapted by immigrants to this country, that have become, in my mind, a metaphor for self-reliance and creativity and competition and love of country and love of the land."
"One of our great skill sets, one of our real great skill sets, is to take a practical thing and make it beautiful...they took a practical thing, they put their individual artistic impression onto it and made it beautiful."
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