We have to redefine what we mean when we say, 'Who are your people?' 'Where are you from?' — Wangechi Mutu Mean Copy Share Image
Always acknowledge your position in the food chain... They eat because you grow the food. — Wangechi Mutu Acknowledge Copy Share Image
I juxtapose and slice up reality and fiction quite easily. I'm aware that it is up for grabs and a powerful tool… — Wangechi Mutu Control Copy Share Image
So many a time, I would find myself stuck in my studio while, in another country, my exhibitions were opening and I… — Wangechi Mutu Being Copy Share Image
If something hurtful enters your body, you create something beautiful to protect yourself from it. That's my philosophy. — Wangechi Mutu Beautiful Copy Share Image
What is Africa, anyway? Even I don't know what Africa is, entirely. But I know that it's not some of these simplified… — Wangechi Mutu Africa Copy Share Image
Beautiful things can happen when you act intuitively and instinctively in a moment of anxiety and do something radical. — Wangechi Mutu Anxiety Copy Share Image
I would like to make work for my country, art which is innately Kenyan by being made in Kenya. — Wangechi Mutu Art Copy Share Image
Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but… — Wangechi Mutu Affected Copy Share Image
Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always… — Wangechi Mutu Body Copy Share Image
I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real… — Wangechi Mutu Dreams Copy Share Image
When certain things reach a tipping point, and you know people's lives are in danger, you have to decide that it's time… — Wangechi Mutu Danger Copy Share Image
I have this amateur side attraction to, and interest in, the sciences and biology and physics and evolution. Paleontology is of interest… — Wangechi Mutu Biology Copy Share Image
A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some… — Wangechi Mutu African culture Copy Share Image
I've always loved the idea that you think you know what you're looking at from a distance, yet when you come up… — Wangechi Mutu Always Copy Share Image
I'm very much a person that believes that there's something that was introduced into Kenya and Africa as we know it that… — Wangechi Mutu Africa Copy Share Image
The ocean is the source of life. We all come from there. I think about these one-celled creatures, and I think about… — Wangechi Mutu Biology Copy Share Image
Kenya is rapidly developing its industry and manufacturing, and its cultural identity as a new country. We had a humongous history pre-British,… — Wangechi Mutu British Copy Share Image
We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've… — Wangechi Mutu Amazing things Copy Share Image
I've always been curious about the things that I'm afraid to look at, that make me embarrassed or bother me. — Wangechi Mutu Afraid Copy Share Image
When I'm making a collage, there are a lot of things about it that are violent. — Wangechi Mutu About Copy Share Image
I do all I can to make my world a better place to live in for me and for my kids as… — Wangechi Mutu Better Copy Share Image
I keep things moving along with a seriously loving, caring, and brilliant man, a fierce group of friends - and really strong… — Wangechi Mutu Caring Copy Share Image
'Misguided Little Unforgivable Hierarchies' is a piece that I did around the time that I was very frustrated and angry with the… — Wangechi Mutu Angry Copy Share Image
Often, there's an emphasis in my work, and it's sort of the celebrating of the body. — Wangechi Mutu Body Copy Share Image
I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything. — Wangechi Mutu Change Copy Share Image
I really believe in dreaming and making things from nothing. — Wangechi Mutu Believe Copy Share Image
Our interest is in showing that homophobia is not part of the agenda for a new Africa. — Wangechi Mutu Africa Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm interested in is not just women but the female qualities that are present in everyone. — Wangechi Mutu Everyone Copy Share Image
I am inspired and affected by Aspen, the light and the landscape and the natural world. — Wangechi Mutu Am Copy Share Image
Some people get turned on by my work, and it sells, but what drives me is the process of making it. — Wangechi Mutu Making Copy Share Image
I'm not a policy maker. I'm not even a very great activist. My main thing is to make things that speak for… — Wangechi Mutu Activist Copy Share Image
![“Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but also the biggest consumer in the world. Which means that a lot of things get used, a lot of things get wasted, and a lot of things get churned out in ways that are…” quote by Wangechi Mutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b25/wangechi-mutu-11352_affected_everything-is-deeply-affected-by-the-dom_1200391.jpg)
