"I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live."

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Source: Conversation With Theaster Gates: On Finding the Sweetest Fodder for His Imagination. Interview with Kisa Lala, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 16, 2014.

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Theaster Gates

Artist, professor

Theaster Gates is an artist and urban planner known for his innovative work in community development and social change through art.

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