Able Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

10 Able quotes by Kehinde Wiley

Wiley’s portraits celebrate empowerment, and his words echo that same vigor. This tiny selection offers a glimpse into how he perceives the act of being able in art and life.

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I love being able to have a team.

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There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing…

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Mel Bochner was able to give me the tools to look at those types of experiences, register them with my own, but…

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Like, the smells and the sights and the sounds. As an artist, you want to sort of be able to engage that…

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People who - and I think that's been a huge education for me. I think it's a - it's a privilege to…

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In high school I went to the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. And this is like Fame. It's like…

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I think that once you're able to sort of get in line with who and how you relate to the world, you'll…

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[My twin brother] he was the star artist of the family as we - as we were growing up. He eventually lost…

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I think, something that you might be able to locate in the work that I'm creating today: the ability to look at…

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You know, I'm incredibly blessed to be able to have this level of choice as an artist today. In this economy, it's…

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At its best, what art does is, it points to who we as human beings and what we as human beings value. And if…

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My style is in the 21st century. If you look at the process, it goes from photography through Photoshop, where certain features are heightened,…

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I think the world that I grew up in was like being in this sort of magical artistic garden.

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It was something that came sort of matter-of-factually. Because there - it's like really - real honest engagement with the people around me and…

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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…

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Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.

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There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.

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I think, something that you might be able to locate in the work that I'm creating today: the ability to look at a black…

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I remember the first time I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and saw a Kerry James Marshall painting with black…

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I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

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I guess art is in the eye of the beholder.

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Just physically, if you looked at the house that I grew up in, my mother created this greenhouse. And surrounded the entire property. And…

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