Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always… — Wangechi Mutu Body Copy Share Image
I use femaleness as another lens, so I don't even think all my creatures are women; I just think that I bring… — Wangechi Mutu Creatures Copy Share Image
I'm very much a person that believes that there's something that was introduced into Kenya and Africa as we know it that… — Wangechi Mutu Africa Copy Share Image
I love magazines because they're so dispensable, and they're so quickly consumed. In that way, they're quite honest. They're unashamed about how… — Wangechi Mutu Attention Copy Share Image
There are ways to speak that can transform things, which has less to do with authority but is more about resourcefulness and… — Wangechi Mutu Authority Copy Share Image
I keep things moving along with a seriously loving, caring, and brilliant man, a fierce group of friends - and really strong… — Wangechi Mutu Caring Copy Share Image
Gold and precious gems are, in many places, the one form of wealth a woman can use to protect and enhance herself… — Wangechi Mutu Feminism Copy Share Image
A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some… — Wangechi Mutu African culture Copy Share Image
I have this amateur side attraction to, and interest in, the sciences and biology and physics and evolution. Paleontology is of interest… — Wangechi Mutu Biology Copy Share Image
For me, collages manage to - it satisfies all of my madness, like I'm able to make these obsessive things, but then… — Wangechi Mutu Collages Copy Share Image
In most cases I start off with a sketch. But I'm also thinking about real images: out of National Geographic, out of… — Wangechi Mutu Artist Copy Share Image
In 'National Geographic,' you always saw pictures of tribal Africa. And here I am, sitting in Nairobi in our suburban house, watching… — Wangechi Mutu House Copy Share Image
Kenya is rapidly developing its industry and manufacturing, and its cultural identity as a new country. We had a humongous history pre-British,… — Wangechi Mutu British Copy Share Image
The ocean is the source of life. We all come from there. I think about these one-celled creatures, and I think about… — Wangechi Mutu Biology Copy Share Image
My work is often a therapy for myself - a working out of these issues as a black woman. And a way… — Wangechi Mutu Black women Copy Share Image
Football has that wonderful gift of being accessible. You don't need much gear, a coach, or a lifeguard. You just need your… — Wangechi Mutu Coach Copy Share Image
Beautiful things can happen when you act intuitively and instinctively in a moment of anxiety and do something radical. — Wangechi Mutu Anxiety Copy Share Image
I've always loved the idea that you think you know what you're looking at from a distance, yet when you come up… — Wangechi Mutu Always Copy Share Image
The medium of film is really wonderful because it can behave in the same way as collage and painting; it can be… — Wangechi Mutu Cinema Copy Share Image
While I was a student at The Cooper Union, they discouraged too much of a focus on any one medium, and it… — Wangechi Mutu Discouraged Copy Share Image
