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> [To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing and condemning things as evil. However, it might stop one being so utterly convinced of the certainty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/to-say-that-one-need-art-or-politics-that-incorporate-ambiguity-and/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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> [I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art (and a politics) in which optimism is kept in check, and nihilism at bay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-am-interested-in-a-political-art-that-is-to-say-an-art-of-ambiguity/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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## Other authors on Ambiguity

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-de-beauvoir-85532.jpg) Simone de Beauvoir 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambiguity/simone-de-beauvoir/)

## More by William Kentridge

> [The drawings don't start with 'a beautiful mark'. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-drawings-don-t-start-with-a-beautiful-mark-it-has-to-be-a-mark-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [The uncertain and imprecise way of constructing a drawing is sometimes a model of how to construct meaning... The ethical and moral questions...in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-uncertain-and-imprecise-way-of-constructing-a-drawing-is/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [It’s always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/it-s-always-been-in-between-the-things-i-thought-i-was-doing-that-the/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [I'm interested in machines that make you aware of the process of seeing and aware of what you do when you construct the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-m-interested-in-machines-that-make-you-aware-of-the-process-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [Forgetting is natural, remembering is the effort one makes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/forgetting-is-natural-remembering-is-the-effort-one-makes/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [The absurd, with its rupture of rationality-of conventional ways of seeing the world-is in fact an accurate and a productive way of understanding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-absurd-with-its-rupture-of-rationality-of-conventional-ways-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/my-grandfather-was-a-member-of-parliament-for-40-years-obviously-we/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing and condemning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/to-say-that-one-need-art-or-politics-that-incorporate-ambiguity-and/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [I am only an artist, my job is to make drawings not to make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-am-only-an-artist-my-job-is-to-make-drawings-not-to-make-sense/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-am-interested-in-a-political-art-that-is-to-say-an-art-of-ambiguity/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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