--- title: "12 Studios Quotes By Kehinde Wiley" description: "12 Studios quotes by Kehinde Wiley. Plus more from Kehinde Wiley and more Studios sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/kehinde-wiley-1194_critique_mel-bochner-held-large-form-meetings-wit_717613.jpg" --- > [ Mel \[ Bochner\] held large-form meetings with students. But the stronger points came through when we had the one-on-one critiques. And that's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/mel-bochner-held-large-form-meetings-with-students-but-the-stronger/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/kehinde-wiley-1194_critique_mel-bochner-held-large-form-meetings-wit_717613.jpg) > [ My studio practice is a - I suppose a bit more like \[Thomas\] Gainsborough or \[Peter Paul\] Rubens in the sense that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/my-studio-practice-is-a-i-suppose-a-bit-more-like-thomas-gainsborough/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_my-studio-practice-is-a-i-suppose-a-bit_2097387.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) > [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) > [When I went to the Studio Museum in Harlem, there was a type of freedom that existed where I didn't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/when-i-went-to-the-studio-museum-in-harlem-there-was-a-type-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/kehinde-wiley-1194_freedom_when-i-went-to-the-studio-museum-in-harl_1632800.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) > [In the Studio Museum in Harlem, when I was dealing with that community and dealing with my peers in the streets, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/in-the-studio-museum-in-harlem-when-i-was-dealing-with-that-community/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_in-the-studio-museum-in-harlem-when-i-wa_411122.jpg) > [There's a team of filmmakers who follow me in the streets when I'm finding these models, to give me a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/there-s-a-team-of-filmmakers-who-follow-me-in-the-streets-when-i-m/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/kehinde-wiley-1194_casual_there-s-a-team-of-filmmakers-who-follow_2544409.jpg) > [I think that once you're able to sort of get in line with who and how you relate to the world, you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-think-that-once-you-re-able-to-sort-of-get-in-line-with-who-and-how/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/kehinde-wiley-1194_able_i-think-that-once-you-re-able-to-sort-of_359226.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 became a question of taste. I have a certain taste in art history. And that - I had a huge library…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/it-became-a-question-of-taste-i-have-a-certain-taste-in-art-history/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_it-became-a-question-of-taste-i-have-a-c_214191.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) ## Other authors on Studios ## 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/studios/kehinde-wiley/#itemlist", "name": "12 Studios Quotes By Kehinde Wiley", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mel [ Bochner] held large-form meetings with students. But the stronger points came through when we had the one-on-one critiques. And that's the system that works at Yale. 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casual stranger. This is New York City. 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Because what you want is this card that relates to that book. What you want is this human that relates to this world, rather than having this art school society scattering that point of view somewhere in between. It becomes diffused. 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