I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as this new thing. It reminds me of how people used to tell me about my great-grandmother and how… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I have the dream to continue being in an art context, but also be able to continue doing stuff in television on the web. — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I was trying to release emotions, exercise emotions, and then I entered the art world. Even after grad school, some of [the earlier works]… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
If I want to do something in the TV industry, I should be allowed to explore that, but not in a way where it… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I guess I cringe, because sometimes I don't even watch my live performances back. When I edit, it's this feeling of seeing my mistakes.… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Even though the art world goes through trends, you do know that it'll come up again. — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget that. I… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students in it… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance for the… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I've been in some biennales, and some I haven't. I always like the idea of how you meet the curator, hang out, and figure… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
If you want to be somewhere, you should go to that place and check it out. — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Sometimes you divorce a part of yourself to save yourself emotionally. — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Every artist's world is an individual experience and no one thing can prepare you. You have to go in and go where those roles… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just cringe. I can feel the emotion, that whole anxiety of being in this new world that I sort of evolved into.… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I'm actually looking for a gallery, but the thing is some galleries just want to show the video work and some are just interested… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
![“I was trying to release emotions, exercise emotions, and then I entered the art world. Even after grad school, some of [the earlier works] were still lingering in my head. I realized there were some pieces where I felt that I had to respond to the criticism.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/694/kalup-linzy-20386_art_i-was-trying-to-release-emotions-exercis_170433.jpg)
![“I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students in it [and] one professor, because I feel like in terms of this school, I was one of the few students lucky enough to break into the art industry or the contemporary art world.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/71e/kalup-linzy-20386_actor_i-cast-people-from-right-around-me-i-was_524503.jpg)
![“I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance for the viewers, like the distance that I get when I step back.” quote by Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dfd/kalup-linzy-20386_art_i-realized-using-my-own-voice-is-what-cr_547494.jpg)
