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Kehinde Wiley Quotes

I guess art is in the eye of the beholder Picture Quote #1

I think that an obsession with art history gave rise to the work Picture Quote #1

At the same time I really enjoy painting flesh Picture Quote #1

I love being able to have a team Picture Quote #1

He’s a great - he’s a great professor. He retired recently, but.But Peter Halley as well Picture Quote #1

I had an amazing instructor, Joseph Gotto , who, as a painter, spoke to me as it - he didn’t condescend Picture Quote #1

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What we have now is a communication ability. We have the ability to see working ideas that are going on in the great cities throughout the world and whether you live in Shanghai or you live in Sao Paulo, you have the ability of seeing and knowing the ideas of some of the greatest minds of our generation Picture Quote #1

I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother’s foresight availed me to Picture Quote #1

The ability to look at certain patterns with regards to urban fashion, with regards to swagger, with regards to cultural hegemony, with regards to the ways in which young people look at resistance culture as a pattern that should be mimicked and admired Picture Quote #1

One of my most strong memories was studying with Mel Bochner, one of the, I think, high water marks of American conceptual art Picture Quote #1

I have been painting models with black and brown skin only for the past years. So, I did already have this experience, this is how I have come to the paintings I do now Picture Quote #1

While I can hire out the portrait, I don’t, because it’s just - that’s where I shine. You know, that’s my blood sport Picture Quote #1

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That’s partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence Picture Quote #1

I think the world that I grew up in was like being in this sort of magical artistic garden Picture Quote #1

The work that I wanted to create wasn’t being done then. I was too much concerned about fellow students, professors, institutional style [in Yale] Picture Quote #1

There’s something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe on the field Picture Quote #1

When you’re at your best, you’re analyzing yourself and becoming increasingly isolated from a broader narrative Picture Quote #1

We’re wired to be empathetic and to care about the needs of others, but also to be curious about others. And I think that’s just sort of in our DNA. And so portraiture is a very human act Picture Quote #1

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I went back to my mother’s house recently and I saw some of my earlier works as a 15-year-old art student. And a lot of them were reiterations of classic works Picture Quote #1

Mel [Bochner] sets a very high standard. He expects only the best and most thoughtful and rigorous examinations, not only of the history of art but your own practice Picture Quote #1

I was 11 when I was first introduced to live drawing classes and going to art school Picture Quote #1

I think that just the nature of art education in schools, it’s about packs, you know? Like, we’re young wolves running together, creating a consensus. And consensus is antithetical to the art process Picture Quote #1

There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist Picture Quote #1

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I guess art is in the eye of the beholder (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I think that an obsession with art history gave rise to the work (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) At the same time I really enjoy painting flesh (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I love being able to have a team (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) He’s a great - he’s a great professor. He retired recently, but.But Peter Halley as well. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I had an amazing instructor, Joseph Gotto , who, as a painter, spoke to me as it - he didn’t condescend. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) What we have now is a communication ability. We have the ability to see working ideas that are going on in the great cities throughout the world and whether you live in Shanghai or you live in Sao Paulo, you have the ability of seeing and knowing the ideas of some of the greatest minds of our generation. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother’s foresight availed me to. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) The ability to look at certain patterns with regards to urban fashion, with regards to swagger, with regards to cultural hegemony, with regards to the ways in which young people look at resistance culture as a pattern that should be mimicked and admired. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) One of my most strong memories was studying with Mel Bochner, one of the, I think, high water marks of American conceptual art. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I have been painting models with black and brown skin only for the past years. So, I did already have this experience, this is how I have come to the paintings I do now. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) While I can hire out the portrait, I don’t, because it’s just - that’s where I shine. You know, that’s my blood sport. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) That’s partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I think the world that I grew up in was like being in this sort of magical artistic garden (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) The work that I wanted to create wasn’t being done then. I was too much concerned about fellow students, professors, institutional style [in Yale]. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) There’s something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe on the field. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) When you’re at your best, you’re analyzing yourself and becoming increasingly isolated from a broader narrative. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) We’re wired to be empathetic and to care about the needs of others, but also to be curious about others. And I think that’s just sort of in our DNA. And so portraiture is a very human act. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I went back to my mother’s house recently and I saw some of my earlier works as a 15-year-old art student. And a lot of them were reiterations of classic works. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) Mel [Bochner] sets a very high standard. He expects only the best and most thoughtful and rigorous examinations, not only of the history of art but your own practice. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I was 11 when I was first introduced to live drawing classes and going to art school (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) I think that just the nature of art education in schools, it’s about packs, you know? Like, we’re young wolves running together, creating a consensus. And consensus is antithetical to the art process. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes) There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist. (Kehinde Wiley Quotes)