--- title: "13 Certain Quotes By Kehinde Wiley" description: "13 Certain quotes by Kehinde Wiley. Plus more from Kehinde Wiley and more Certain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/kehinde-wiley-1194_capable_i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certai_2039462.jpg" --- > [I'm fully capable of multitasking certain conceptual concerns within the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certain-conceptual-concerns-within/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/kehinde-wiley-1194_capable_i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certai_2039462.jpg) > [There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-were-certain-expectations-that-were-assumed-of-me-as-a-young/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/kehinde-wiley-1194_20th-century_there-were-certain-expectations-that-wer_77672.jpg) > [The expectations of the viewer are what you're asking about. And the expectations of the viewer are manifold. However, they are very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/the-expectations-of-the-viewer-are-what-you-re-asking-about-and-the/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_the-expectations-of-the-viewer-are-what_2830627.jpg) > [The ability to look at certain patterns with regards to urban fashion, with regards to swagger, with regards to cultural hegemony, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/the-ability-to-look-at-certain-patterns-with-regards-to-urban-fashion/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/kehinde-wiley-1194_ability_the-ability-to-look-at-certain-patterns_457104.jpg) > [Is it the responsibility of the colored artist or the ethnic artist to create works that are designed to exist in opposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/is-it-the-responsibility-of-the-colored-artist-or-the-ethnic-artist/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_is-it-the-responsibility-of-the-colored_2860984.jpg) > [I noticed that the work of my non - I noticed that the work of my friends who were white and male,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-noticed-that-the-work-of-my-non-i-noticed-that-the-work-of-my/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/kehinde-wiley-1194_assumption_i-noticed-that-the-work-of-my-non-i-noti_967319.jpg) > [I use those expectations as a color on my palette, a certain temperature in the room. You can use those expectations for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-use-those-expectations-as-a-color-on-my-palette-a-certain/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/kehinde-wiley-1194_certain_i-use-those-expectations-as-a-color-on-m_1484855.jpg) > [It's a culture. It's - I mean, people obsess over this. And people create subcultures that identify - and there are people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/it-s-a-culture-it-s-i-mean-people-obsess-over-this-and-people-create/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/kehinde-wiley-1194_certain_it-s-a-culture-it-s-i-mean-people-obsess_695493.jpg) > [I think that gave rise to the type of practice that I - that I do now. I think it was informed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-that-gave-rise-to-the-type-of-practice-that-i-that-i-do-now-i/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/kehinde-wiley-1194_agents_i-think-that-gave-rise-to-the-type-of-pr_1213693.jpg) > [There's quite obviously the desire to open the rule sets that allow for inclusion or disclusion. I think that my hope would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-s-quite-obviously-the-desire-to-open-the-rule-sets-that-allow/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_there-s-quite-obviously-the-desire-to-op_3099318.jpg) > [While it may seem a little mundane, the material realities of realizing the painting actually have a lot to do with how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/while-it-may-seem-a-little-mundane-the-material-realities-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/kehinde-wiley-1194_aspect_while-it-may-seem-a-little-mundane-the-m_1659760.jpg) > [I love the of dealing with the homoerotic versus the idea of dealing with certain tropes with regards to black masculinity in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-love-the-of-dealing-with-the-homoerotic-versus-the-idea-of-dealing/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/kehinde-wiley-1194_antisocial_i-love-the-of-dealing-with-the-homoeroti_2360585.jpg) > [It became a question of taste. I have a certain taste in art history. And that - I had a huge library…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/it-became-a-question-of-taste-i-have-a-certain-taste-in-art-history/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_it-became-a-question-of-taste-i-have-a-c_214191.jpg) ## Other authors on Certain ## More by Kehinde Wiley > [Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into bite-sized pieces,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/much-like-teaching-art-to-young-art-students-age-10-to-15-or-so-on/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [The erotic and the art historical imagination is something that gets very little play when people talk about my work, and when they rarely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/the-erotic-and-the-art-historical-imagination-is-something-that-gets/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [One of the weirdest things that happened to artists and art criticism was this moment when everyone got cynical and stopped believing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/one-of-the-weirdest-things-that-happened-to-artists-and-art-criticism/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [At its best, what art does is, it points to who we as human beings and what we as human beings value. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/at-its-best-what-art-does-is-it-points-to-who-we-as-human-beings-and/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [My style is in the 21st century. If you look at the process, it goes from photography through Photoshop, where certain features are heightened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/my-style-is-in-the-21st-century-if-you-look-at-the-process-it-goes/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [I think the world that I grew up in was like being in this sort of magical artistic garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-the-world-that-i-grew-up-in-was-like-being-in-this-sort-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/it-was-something-that-came-sort-of-matter-of-factually-because-there/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/we-re-wired-to-be-empathetic-and-to-care-about-the-needs-of-others/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/painting-is-situational-and-my-particular-situation-exists-within/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-were-certain-expectations-that-were-assumed-of-me-as-a-young/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-something-that-you-might-be-able-to-locate-in-the-work-that-i/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [I remember the first time I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and saw a Kerry James Marshall painting with black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-remember-the-first-time-i-went-to-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-believe-that-artists-should-be-part-of-the-culture-i-think-that-my/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [I guess art is in the eye of the beholder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-guess-art-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) > [Just physically, if you looked at the house that I grew up in, my mother created this greenhouse. And surrounded the entire property. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/just-physically-if-you-looked-at-the-house-that-i-grew-up-in-my/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/kehinde-wiley/#itemlist", "name": "13 Certain Quotes By Kehinde Wiley", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm fully capable of multitasking certain conceptual concerns within the work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certain-conceptual-concerns-within/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/kehinde-wiley-1194_capable_i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certai_2039462.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/kehinde-wiley-1194_capable_i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certai_2039462.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/kehinde-wiley-1194_capable_i-m-fully-capable-of-multitasking-certai_2039462.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm fully capable of multitasking certain conceptual concerns within the work.” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-were-certain-expectations-that-were-assumed-of-me-as-a-young/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/kehinde-wiley-1194_20th-century_there-were-certain-expectations-that-wer_77672.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/kehinde-wiley-1194_20th-century_there-were-certain-expectations-that-wer_77672.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/kehinde-wiley-1194_20th-century_there-were-certain-expectations-that-wer_77672.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then…” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The expectations of the viewer are what you're asking about. 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