‘I Recycle Materials, but I’ — Betye Saar Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Classic Tee

“I recycle materials, but I also recycle emotions and feelings.” Betye Saar told NPR in 2006 that her assemblages reclaim far more than found objects — they carry the anger of growing up under segregation, the way her 1972 piece The Liberation of Aunt Jemima armed a racist figurine with a rifle. She works as if objects hold memory and spirit, so recovering a discarded thing means recovering the feeling fused to it — and turning that charge back on whatever made it.

**Bella+Canvas 3001 — Classic Tee (White, Crisp finish).** 100% Airlume combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 32 singles — smooth, tight-knit, holds crisp type. Unisex retail fit, crew neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, no fabric softener, tumble dry low or hang dry, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).

**Bella+Canvas 3001 — Classic Tee (Black, Color finish).** 100% Airlume combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 32 singles. Unisex retail fit, crew neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, no fabric softener, tumble dry low or hang dry, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).