--- title: "20 Knows Quotes By Kehinde Wiley" description: "20 Knows quotes by Kehinde Wiley. Plus more from Kehinde Wiley and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/kehinde-wiley-1194_brooklyn_i-ve-met-others-people-who-simply-respon_313513.jpg" --- > [ I've met others \[people\] who simply responded to me, "You're Kehinde Wiley. I know your work. I saw it at the Brooklyn… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-ve-met-others-people-who-simply-responded-to-me-you-re-kehinde/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/kehinde-wiley-1194_brooklyn_i-ve-met-others-people-who-simply-respon_313513.jpg) > [I think that just the nature of art education in schools, it's about packs, you know? Like, we're young wolves running together,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-that-just-the-nature-of-art-education-in-schools-it-s-about/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_i-think-that-just-the-nature-of-art-educ_1102601.jpg) > [While I can hire out the portrait, I don't, because it's just - that's where I shine. You know, that's my blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/while-i-can-hire-out-the-portrait-i-don-t-because-it-s-just-that-s/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/kehinde-wiley-1194_blood_while-i-can-hire-out-the-portrait-i-don_2903492.jpg) > [My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/my-peers-at-the-time-you-know-young-black-kids-from-off-the-streets/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/kehinde-wiley-1194_black_my-peers-at-the-time-you-know-young-blac_285307.jpg) > [Most people say, "Hell, no. I don't know who you are. This scares me. Like, I'm not interested in this."Another way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/most-people-say-hell-no-i-don-t-know-who-you-are-this-scares-me-like/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/kehinde-wiley-1194_another-way_most-people-say-hell-no-i-don-t-know-who_1036066.jpg) > [ Just so \[becoming a chef \] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/just-so-becoming-a-chef-that-i-could-support-my-art-habit-you-know-i/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_just-so-becoming-a-chef-that-i-could-sup_2148704.jpg) > [When the fat lady comes out to sing, we don't know how she feels that day. We don't know if she's suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/when-the-fat-lady-comes-out-to-sing-we-don-t-know-how-she-feels-that/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/kehinde-wiley-1194_chance_when-the-fat-lady-comes-out-to-sing-we-d_1999577.jpg) > [You know, one of my - one of my best and, I think, most enlightening moments was when I was contacted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/you-know-one-of-my-one-of-my-best-and-i-think-most-enlightening/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/kehinde-wiley-1194_enlightening_you-know-one-of-my-one-of-my-best-and-i_1252426.jpg) > [ I began working within the streets of Harlem, where, after graduating from Yale \[University, New Haven, CT\], I became the artist in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-began-working-within-the-streets-of-harlem-where-after-graduating/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_i-began-working-within-the-streets-of-ha_2894302.jpg) > [ In our conversations, he \[Michael Jackson\] revealed a surprising understanding of art history. We were going through the finer points of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/in-our-conversations-he-michael-jackson-revealed-a-surprising/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_in-our-conversations-he-michael-jackson_3203876.jpg) > [I enjoy Chicago as one of the great American cities. When I come here and take a taxi from the airport, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-enjoy-chicago-as-one-of-the-great-american-cities-when-i-come-here/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/kehinde-wiley-1194_airports_i-enjoy-chicago-as-one-of-the-great-amer_1963141.jpg) > [I think didactic art is boring. I mean, I love it in terms of, like, some of the historical precedents that I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-didactic-art-is-boring-i-mean-i-love-it-in-terms-of-like-some/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_i-think-didactic-art-is-boring-i-mean-i_2734759.jpg) > [I had no idea about where I was going. I had no sense of art as anything other than a problem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-had-no-idea-about-where-i-was-going-i-had-no-sense-of-art-as/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_i-had-no-idea-about-where-i-was-going-i_2643956.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) > [You know, the process, I think, is the story. And it goes back, again, to what I said about chance and about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/you-know-the-process-i-think-is-the-story-and-it-goes-back-again-to/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/kehinde-wiley-1194_back-again_you-know-the-process-i-think-is-the-stor_1480843.jpg) > [You know, I'm incredibly blessed to be able to have this level of choice as an artist today. In this economy, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/you-know-i-m-incredibly-blessed-to-be-able-to-have-this-level-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/kehinde-wiley-1194_able_you-know-i-m-incredibly-blessed-to-be-ab_3024158.jpg) > [I think, at the L.A. County Museum of Art, I saw my first example of Kerry James Marshall, who had a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-at-the-l-a-county-museum-of-art-i-saw-my-first-example-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_i-think-at-the-l-a-county-museum-of-art_1563358.jpg) > [In some way they are all self-portraits, but I think I know what you mean by asking this - I would say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/in-some-way-they-are-all-self-portraits-but-i-think-i-know-what-you/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_in-some-way-they-are-all-self-portraits_2972917.jpg) > [What it is is a type of editorialization, you know? This is self-portraiture. This is what you think about the world we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/what-it-is-is-a-type-of-editorialization-you-know-this-is-self/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/kehinde-wiley-1194_knows_what-it-is-is-a-type-of-editorialization_2980001.jpg) > [Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/kehinde-wiley-1194_age_much-like-teaching-art-to-young-art-stud_3799.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/kehinde-wiley/#itemlist", "name": "20 Knows Quotes By Kehinde Wiley", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've met others [people] who simply responded to me, \"You're Kehinde Wiley. I know your work. 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