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# Kerry James Marshall

(1955)   Painter   United States

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Kerry James Marshall is a painter from the United States, best known for *Kerry James Marshall*.

## Quick Facts About Kerry James Marshall

Born October 17, 1955

Nationality United States

Profession Painter

Notable works Kerry James Marshall

Known for School of Beauty, School of Culture, Past Times

Spouse Cheryl Lynn Bruce

## About Kerry James Marshall

He taught painting at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2017 he was named to the Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. He has spent much of his career in Chicago, Illinois.

## Awards & Honors

MacArthur Fellows Program

##  Quotes by Kerry James Marshall · Page 2

> [The appearance is the allusion of abstraction when in fact I am in control of every aspect of that symmetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-appearance-is-the-allusion-of-abstraction-when-in-fact-i-am-in/)

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[Abstraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstraction/)

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> [You have to recover the capacity to imagine yourself as an ideal and figure out how to project that into the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/you-have-to-recover-the-capacity-to-imagine-yourself-as-an-ideal-and/)

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[Figure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/figure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/kerry-james-marshall-5157_figure_you-have-to-recover-the-capacity-to-imag_3165187.jpg)

> [My ambition was never to make a lot of money. It wasn't to travel around the world. I was really just struggling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/my-ambition-was-never-to-make-a-lot-of-money-it-wasn-t-to-travel/)

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[Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/)

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> [The invention of the African American, or the Haitian or Jamaican, is a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-invention-of-the-african-american-or-the-haitian-or-jamaican-is-a/)

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[African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/)

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> [I see myself as having fulfilled a lot of my ambition. All the things I dreamed of achieving, I've achieved for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-see-myself-as-having-fulfilled-a-lot-of-my-ambition-all-the-things/)

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[Achieving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/kerry-james-marshall-5157_achieving_i-see-myself-as-having-fulfilled-a-lot-o_2664117.jpg)

> [The first freedom is to be in possession of yourself - to own yourself, to not be subject to the will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-first-freedom-is-to-be-in-possession-of-yourself-to-own-yourself/)

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[Capitalist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/kerry-james-marshall-5157_capitalist_the-first-freedom-is-to-be-in-possession_2595263.jpg)

> [In Western Catholicism, darkness was evil. In the colonial and imperial context, dark skin was always weak, powerless, subjugated. If you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/in-western-catholicism-darkness-was-evil-in-the-colonial-and-imperial/)

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[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/kerry-james-marshall-5157_dark_in-western-catholicism-darkness-was-evil_1746905.jpg)

> [I have been a stalwart advocate for the legacy of Charles White. I have said it so often, it could go without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-have-been-a-stalwart-advocate-for-the-legacy-of-charles-white-i/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [ What I preserved in the figures \[at Invisible Man\] are those white eyes and white teeth, because that's still connected to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/what-i-preserved-in-the-figures-at-invisible-man-are-those-white-eyes/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/kerry-james-marshall-5157_black_what-i-preserved-in-the-figures-at-invis_2863321.jpg)

> [Part of the history of black people in the western hemisphere, in some ways, has been fleeing from this notion that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/part-of-the-history-of-black-people-in-the-western-hemisphere-in-some/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [To me, if there is any sort of value added to the accumulation of knowledge over time, then the work of artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/to-me-if-there-is-any-sort-of-value-added-to-the-accumulation-of/)

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[Accumulation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accumulation/)

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> [For black people in the western hemisphere, if you can't generate a mythology that creates models of heroism and power out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/for-black-people-in-the-western-hemisphere-if-you-can-t-generate-a/)

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[Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/)

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> [Too often, if you look back through the history of representation and you take the work of African-American artists, the work is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/too-often-if-you-look-back-through-the-history-of-representation-and/)

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[African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/)

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> [Sometimes when I can't communicate that I'm frustrated, I'll just grab my guitar and I can play out that emotion and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/sometimes-when-i-can-t-communicate-that-i-m-frustrated-i-ll-just-grab/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/kerry-james-marshall-5157_able_sometimes-when-i-can-t-communicate-that_1531230.jpg)

> [If you have a dream: Number one, make a plan. And then execute that plan. And there will be failures along that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-you-have-a-dream-number-one-make-a-plan-and-then-execute-that-plan/)

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[Adjustment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adjustment/)

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> [In some places you can find an extreme blackness used as a descriptive. I also take into account historical realities that some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/in-some-places-you-can-find-an-extreme-blackness-used-as-a/)

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[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [When State Way Gardens and The Robert Taylor Homes were being torn down, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/when-state-way-gardens-and-the-robert-taylor-homes-were-being-torn/)

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[Backdrop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backdrop/)

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> [For black people who are really dark - and a lot of black people were averse to be dark skinned - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/for-black-people-who-are-really-dark-and-a-lot-of-black-people-were/)

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[Black people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-people/)

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> [At a certain point, you have to decide whether you'd be satisfied always acknowledging the beauty and the greatness of what other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/at-a-certain-point-you-have-to-decide-whether-you-d-be-satisfied/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [ You can describe \[Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self\] as a manifesto of sorts. I saw it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/you-can-describe-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-shadow-of-his-former/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/kerry-james-marshall-5157_art_you-can-describe-portrait-of-the-artist_1969257.jpg)

> [As a black person, I'm used to going to places in which I might be the only black person that shows up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/as-a-black-person-i-m-used-to-going-to-places-in-which-i-might-be-the/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [Music is the universal language, it evokes an emotion in all of us. That, we can all look at each other and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/music-is-the-universal-language-it-evokes-an-emotion-in-all-of-us/)

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[Agree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agree/)

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> [I decided that the whole idea of what it means to be an artist was that somehow you are ontologically oriented toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-decided-that-the-whole-idea-of-what-it-means-to-be-an-artist-was/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/kerry-james-marshall-5157_art_i-decided-that-the-whole-idea-of-what-it_671389.jpg)

> [Clarity is important. Part of what I'm trying to do with some of these pictures is eliminate as much of the potential,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/clarity-is-important-part-of-what-i-m-trying-to-do-with-some-of-these/)

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[Clarity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clarity/)

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> [I tend to think having that extreme of color, that kind of black, is amazingly beautiful...and powerful. What I was thinking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-tend-to-think-having-that-extreme-of-color-that-kind-of-black-is/)

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[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

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> [The lighter the skin, the more acceptable you are. The darker the skin, the more marginalised you become. I want to demonstrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-lighter-the-skin-the-more-acceptable-you-are-the-darker-the-skin/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/kerry-james-marshall-5157_beauty_the-lighter-the-skin-the-more-acceptable_104978.jpg)

> [There's this idea that many of the attitudes and personality developments in black folks in the diaspora are a consequence of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/there-s-this-idea-that-many-of-the-attitudes-and-personality/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/kerry-james-marshall-5157_art_there-s-this-idea-that-many-of-the-attit_832240.jpg)

> [The history of political movements in the African diaspora is that the solution to the problem is never in the hands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-history-of-political-movements-in-the-african-diaspora-is-that/)

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[Diaspora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diaspora/)

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> [My own personal sound is really progressive. It's like a mixture of gospel, pop, neo-soul, R&B. It's like a huge gumbo. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/my-own-personal-sound-is-really-progressive-it-s-like-a-mixture-of/)

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[Bunch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bunch/)

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> [I think we need to remember...that a lot of energy was put into changing things to get us to the point where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-think-we-need-to-remember-that-a-lot-of-energy-was-put-into/)

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[Energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/energy/)

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> [The National Gallery is the place that means to represent everything that's good and important in art and show what it believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-national-gallery-is-the-place-that-means-to-represent-everything/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [ \[My picture A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self \] was a way of demonstrating that there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/my-picture-a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-shadow-of-his-former-self/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [I really just want to be an inspiration. I'm a regular guy, that had a dream, that came from a small town,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-really-just-want-to-be-an-inspiration-i-m-a-regular-guy-that-had-a/)

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[Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/)

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> [In some ways you still have to buy your freedom, but that's because you live in a social structure that's organized around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/in-some-ways-you-still-have-to-buy-your-freedom-but-that-s-because/)

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[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

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> [I stumbled upon Charles White purely by chance while looking through a book 'Great Negroes, Past and Present' in the library at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-stumbled-upon-charles-white-purely-by-chance-while-looking-through/)

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[Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/)

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> [Black painters have done all kinds of work. It's the treatment of forms they engage in-that's what determines the value of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/black-painters-have-done-all-kinds-of-work-it-s-the-treatment-of/)

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[African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/)

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> [A lot of stuff that I dealt with - music was my serenity, like kind of my safe place, my haven that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/a-lot-of-stuff-that-i-dealt-with-music-was-my-serenity-like-kind-of/)

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[Erase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erase/)

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> [When I started, I was aware of using the black as a rhetorical device. It's understanding that black people come in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/when-i-started-i-was-aware-of-using-the-black-as-a-rhetorical-device/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [I try to tell a story when I'm playing. I try to make an emotional connection when I'm playing versus before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-try-to-tell-a-story-when-i-m-playing-i-try-to-make-an-emotional/)

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[Connections](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connections/)

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## Kerry James Marshall by topic

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