What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability], but it was coming to an understanding. — 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
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![“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_alma-mater_i-cast-people-from-right-around-me-i-was_524503.jpg)
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