--- title: "12 Different Quotes By Kehinde Wiley" description: "12 Different quotes by Kehinde Wiley. Plus more from Kehinde Wiley and more Different sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-differ_2367001.jpg" --- > [We all look at the same object in different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-different-ways/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-differ_2367001.jpg) > [You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/you-ll-find-that-street-casting-in-america-is-a-lot-different-than/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/kehinde-wiley-1194_america_you-ll-find-that-street-casting-in-ameri_666561.jpg) > [Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/art-in-the-age-of-the-digital-image-is-completely-different-from/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/kehinde-wiley-1194_age_art-in-the-age-of-the-digital-image-is-c_2435835.jpg) > [There are just so many different types of people that come into my studio, and secondarily, there's the idea of ideation, like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-are-just-so-many-different-types-of-people-that-come-into-my/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_there-are-just-so-many-different-types-o_1987703.jpg) > [Like commercial stuff is sort of cheap and disposable and fun and can be sort of interesting in many ways. I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/like-commercial-stuff-is-sort-of-cheap-and-disposable-and-fun-and-can/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_like-commercial-stuff-is-sort-of-cheap-a_3033407.jpg) > [It was probably one of the things that gave me a sense of possibility and allowed for me to see beyond the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/it-was-probably-one-of-the-things-that-gave-me-a-sense-of-possibility/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/kehinde-wiley-1194_bread_it-was-probably-one-of-the-things-that-g_1532409.jpg) > [If I have the same plan to go into the streets, find random strangers, use art-historical referent from their - from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/if-i-have-the-same-plan-to-go-into-the-streets-find-random-strangers/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_if-i-have-the-same-plan-to-go-into-the-s_2074881.jpg) > [Whereas I remember being in Dakar, in Senegal, where I have my third studio, and street casting, and I remember looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/whereas-i-remember-being-in-dakar-in-senegal-where-i-have-my-third/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/kehinde-wiley-1194_book_whereas-i-remember-being-in-dakar-in-sen_2503496.jpg) > [What I love in art is that it takes known combinations and reorders them in a way that sheds light on something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/what-i-love-in-art-is-that-it-takes-known-combinations-and-reorders/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_what-i-love-in-art-is-that-it-takes-know_388244.jpg) > [I think what's really interesting and useful about this question is that ultimately all art is a type of self-portraiture. And so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-what-s-really-interesting-and-useful-about-this-question-is/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/kehinde-wiley-1194_america_i-think-what-s-really-interesting-and-us_2097618.jpg) > [It felt really radically uncomfortable. And I was really not sure at first about releasing that body of work. But then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/it-felt-really-radically-uncomfortable-and-i-was-really-not-sure-at/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/kehinde-wiley-1194_body_it-felt-really-radically-uncomfortable-a_1740155.jpg) > [There's always a joy in newness as a painter, and in sub-Saharan Africa, I encountered different realities with regard to light and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-s-always-a-joy-in-newness-as-a-painter-and-in-sub-saharan/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/kehinde-wiley-1194_abstraction_there-s-always-a-joy-in-newness-as-a-pai_678505.jpg) ## Other authors on Different ## 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/different/kehinde-wiley/#itemlist", "name": "12 Different Quotes By Kehinde Wiley", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all look at the same object in different ways.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-different-ways/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-differ_2367001.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-differ_2367001.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_we-all-look-at-the-same-object-in-differ_2367001.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all look at the same object in different ways.” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/you-ll-find-that-street-casting-in-america-is-a-lot-different-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/kehinde-wiley-1194_america_you-ll-find-that-street-casting-in-ameri_666561.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/kehinde-wiley-1194_america_you-ll-find-that-street-casting-in-ameri_666561.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/kehinde-wiley-1194_america_you-ll-find-that-street-casting-in-ameri_666561.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations.” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/art-in-the-age-of-the-digital-image-is-completely-different-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/kehinde-wiley-1194_age_art-in-the-age-of-the-digital-image-is-c_2435835.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/kehinde-wiley-1194_age_art-in-the-age-of-the-digital-image-is-c_2435835.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/kehinde-wiley-1194_age_art-in-the-age-of-the-digital-image-is-c_2435835.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are just so many different types of people that come into my studio, and secondarily, there's the idea of ideation, like, \"Who are you and what do you see in yourself in this other person?\" So many different people that you would see so many different things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-are-just-so-many-different-types-of-people-that-come-into-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_there-are-just-so-many-different-types-o_1987703.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_there-are-just-so-many-different-types-o_1987703.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/kehinde-wiley-1194_different_there-are-just-so-many-different-types-o_1987703.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are just so many different types of people that come into my studio, and secondarily, there's the idea…” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Like commercial stuff is sort of cheap and disposable and fun and can be sort of interesting in many ways. 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That's a set of patterns that you can apply to all societies. 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Complete - completely different response.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/whereas-i-remember-being-in-dakar-in-senegal-where-i-have-my-third/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/kehinde-wiley-1194_book_whereas-i-remember-being-in-dakar-in-sen_2503496.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/kehinde-wiley-1194_book_whereas-i-remember-being-in-dakar-in-sen_2503496.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/kehinde-wiley-1194_book_whereas-i-remember-being-in-dakar-in-sen_2503496.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whereas I remember being in Dakar, in Senegal, where I have my third studio, and street casting, and I…” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I love in art is that it takes known combinations and reorders them in a way that sheds light on something that they have never seen before or allows to consider the world in a slightly different way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/what-i-love-in-art-is-that-it-takes-known-combinations-and-reorders/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_what-i-love-in-art-is-that-it-takes-know_388244.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_what-i-love-in-art-is-that-it-takes-know_388244.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_what-i-love-in-art-is-that-it-takes-know_388244.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I love in art is that it takes known combinations and reorders them in a way that sheds light on…” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think what's really interesting and useful about this question is that ultimately all art is a type of self-portraiture. And so in the act of identifying yourself, you're using others to get to that point. And so you're parsing out different aspects of different people in the world. 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And I was really not sure at first about releasing that body of work. But then the more I thought about it, the more I thought that that position, that location, is something that's just sort of interesting in its own right, as an experience, as a process. Again, we're talking about this rubric, this set of rules, this grid that I toss on top of different locations globally. 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