Mother Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

11 Mother quotes by Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley translates his visual celebration of identity into words, focusing on motherhood as a powerful, often under‑represented subject. These eleven brief quotes echo his commitment to portraying mothers with dignity and boldness.

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I was 12 in 1989 during perestroika, when my mother found a program that sent me to Russia to study art in…

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I grew up in South Central Los Angeles in the '80s, back when it just wasn't a cool scene. But my mother…

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My mother introduced to me as a child the world of language: the way in which translation can be a system by…

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I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother's foresight availed me to.

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I went back to my mother's house recently and I saw some of my earlier works as a 15-year-old art student. And…

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My mother sent me to art classes at the age of 11. I began to have kids around me say, 'Will you…

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At age 20 I went to go find my father in Nigeria. And after much toil, I finally figured out exactly where…

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My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly…

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Just physically, if you looked at the house that I grew up in, my mother created this greenhouse. And surrounded the entire…

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During 1989, my mother, who was exceedingly good at finding these free programs - you know, we were on welfare, just trying…

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My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to…

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