Art is affirmation. Auteur: N. Scott Momaday Copy Quote More from N. Scott Momaday “He used both hands when he made the bear. Imagine a bear proceeding from the ha…” “It was not an exclamation so much, I think, as it was a warding off, an exertio…” “A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning…” “They have assumed the names and gestures of their enemies, but have held on to …”