Art Quote by Kehinde Wiley

I think that he [Michael Jackson] did derive an ultimate sense of joy and satisfaction in what others enjoyed from him that was denied…

— Michael Eric Dyson

To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a…

— Jackie Kennedy

He [Michael Jackson] would choose specific moments. They were art history books that I prefer. They were paintings that he prefers. It's this dance…

— Kehinde Wiley

I think the important thing to understand first and foremost about Michael Jackson is that he was the international emblem of the African American…

— Cornel West

Michael [Jackson] reconstructed his face and deconstructed the African features into a spooky European geography of fleshly possibilities, and yet what we couldn't deny,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

We saw Michael Jackson and we said, we want to experience what it is to be Michael Jackson-esque. Just entertaining the people and making…

— Redfoo

I think the reality is Michael Jackson's humanity is so deep, the implications and inferences of his art so monumentally and magnificently global, that…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.

— Pharrell Williams

Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world.

— L.A. Reid

If you watch Michael Jackson [1992] concerts from Budapest and compare it to a Madonna concert of today, you'll see such uplifting beauty and…

— David LaChapelle

I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Jackson did something that no one else in history has managed - he connected with people on every level imaginable, all over the…

— David Blaine