If you want to be somewhere, you should go to that place and check it out. — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Sometimes you divorce a part of yourself to save yourself emotionally. — Kalup Linzy Divorce Copy Share Image
I have the dream to continue being in an art context, but also be able to continue doing stuff in television on… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand. — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
Even though the art world goes through trends, you do know that it'll come up again. — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
You can dwell on things, and if you open your eyes and pay attention to it, those things start popping up around… — Kalup Linzy Attention Copy Share Image
I've been in some biennales, and some I haven't. I always like the idea of how you meet the curator, hang out,… — Kalup Linzy Artist Copy Share Image
If I have a piece that's solely based on the web and it's going to also exist in a gallery, it needs… — Kalup Linzy Artist Copy Share Image
You can talk yourself out of doing something if you start to think about, "How would this person see it, or that… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I guess I cringe, because sometimes I don't even watch my live performances back. When I edit, it's this feeling of seeing… — Kalup Linzy Artist Copy Share Image
I realized that was what was happening in my work already. I think that's where, as artists, we begin to master our… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away… — Kalup Linzy Generations Copy Share Image
What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability],… — Kalup Linzy Ability Copy Share Image
Every artist's world is an individual experience and no one thing can prepare you. You have to go in and go where… — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget… — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
I feel like my perception has changed a little because when I was posting stuff online it was an extension of my… — Kalup Linzy Attention Copy Share Image
I remember when I first started putting things on the web and people were writing about it. I totally didn't keep up… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students… — Kalup Linzy Actor Copy Share Image
When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work… — Kalup Linzy Artist Copy Share Image
I'm actually looking for a gallery, but the thing is some galleries just want to show the video work and some are… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance… — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
I've learned that I need to learn how to direct without making the person distracted and keeping them comfortable, and pay more… — Kalup Linzy Attention Copy Share Image
I almost feel like if I didn't have the gallery and museum content it would be easy to get lost. People's attention… — Kalup Linzy Attention Copy Share Image
If I want to do something in the TV industry, I should be allowed to explore that, but not in a way… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
We all, as human beings, have different layers, and if we become one-dimensional or really superficial, then I still think there are… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached. — Kalup Linzy Communication Copy Share Image
I was trying to release emotions, exercise emotions, and then I entered the art world. Even after grad school, some of [the… — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as… — Kalup Linzy Coming out Copy Share Image
It's interesting how as an artist you keep evolving, but if you can get into the contemporary art space, if the works… — Kalup Linzy Art Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just cringe. I can feel the emotion, that whole anxiety of being in this new world that I sort of… — Kalup Linzy Anxiety Copy Share Image
![“What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability], but it was coming to an understanding.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ebd/kalup-linzy-20386_ability_what-really-made-me-a-performance-artist_1920056.jpg)
![“I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students in it [and] one professor, because I feel like in terms of this school, I was one of the few students lucky enough to break into the art industry or the contemporary art world.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/71e/kalup-linzy-20386_actor_i-cast-people-from-right-around-me-i-was_524503.jpg)
![“I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance for the viewers, like the distance that I get when I step back.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dfd/kalup-linzy-20386_art_i-realized-using-my-own-voice-is-what-cr_547494.jpg)
![“I was trying to release emotions, exercise emotions, and then I entered the art world. Even after grad school, some of [the earlier works] were still lingering in my head. I realized there were some pieces where I felt that I had to respond to the criticism.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/694/kalup-linzy-20386_art_i-was-trying-to-release-emotions-exercis_170433.jpg)
