Art Quote by Kehinde Wiley

When I went to the Studio Museum in Harlem, there was a type of freedom that existed where I didn't have to think about…

— Kehinde Wiley

I'm not really well educated - other than an art survey course at the High School of Art and Design in New York when…

— Marc Jacobs

I don't think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn't grown up in Harlem.

— Ruby Dee

Infiltrating the mainstream was a natural extension of my street art. I've always tried to communicate ideas to the public as directly as possible.

— Eric Drooker

As a working-class girl, receiving free school dinners, I studied art history. Having never had the chance to visit art galleries, I devoured the…

— Cornelia Parker

The arts was always a place where I could be present.

— Okieriete Onaodowan

I knew I had to take my ambition more seriously, so I enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, in the fall, I…

— Claes Oldenburg

My art practice eventually arrived at a point where I had freedom from various limiting conditions; the institutional mindset is not airtight and isn't…

— Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

— Thelma Golden

I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother's foresight availed me to.

— Kehinde Wiley

I trained with the American Theatre of Harlem, and by the grace of God, that was my foundation to understanding the art of storytelling…

— Rob Morgan

At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I…

— Anonymous