Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Kehinde Wiley Quotes: That should be something that an artist can respond to as well in terms of a painting.
         

That should be something that an artist can respond to as well in terms of a painting.


Kehinde Wiley
Check all other quotes by Kehinde Wiley

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Kehinde Wiley Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/That-should-be-something-that-an-artist-784101>.





Check out


Other quotes of Kehinde Wiley


I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.

I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.



This is something that, as artists, we constantly deal with-throwing away the past, slaying the father, and creating the new. This desire to throw away the old rules.

This is something that, as artists, we constantly deal with-throwing away the past, slaying the father, and creating the new. This desire to throw away the old rules.



The backgrounds by design are a very key part of the conversation, because I want a kind of fight or pressure to exist between the figure and the background.

The backgrounds by design are a very key part of the conversation, because I want a kind of fight or pressure to exist between the figure and the background.



All art is self-portraiture.

All art is self-portraiture.



Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.

Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.



I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.



The art world has become so insular. The rules have become so autodidactic that, in a sense, they lose track of what people have any interest in thinking about, talking about or even looking at.

The art world has become so insular. The rules have become so autodidactic that, in a sense, they lose track of what people have any interest in thinking about, talking about or even looking at.



We have a lot of sort of received historical ways of viewing portraiture. And I suppose in some way I'm sort of questioning that by toying with the rules of the game.

We have a lot of sort of received historical ways of viewing portraiture. And I suppose in some way I'm sort of questioning that by toying with the rules of the game.



We're wired to be empathetic and to care about the needs of others, but also to be curious about others. And I think that's just sort of in our DNA. And so portraiture is a very human act.

We're wired to be empathetic and to care about the needs of others, but also to be curious about others. And I think that's just sort of in our DNA. And so portraiture is a very human act.



I guess art is in the eye of the beholder.

I guess art is in the eye of the beholder.





Other quotes you may like


The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.



We sit, silent, the comfortable way only good friends can sit.

We sit, silent, the comfortable way only good friends can sit.



But facts abound to the affirmation that most Christians in my nation Nigeria and all around the world, would rather pray to God to come and fix their country than do something about it themselves.

But facts abound to the affirmation that most Christians in my nation Nigeria and all around the world, would rather pray to God to come and fix their country than do something about it themselves.



When one faces two ghuls, waste no time wishing for fewer.

When one faces two ghuls, waste no time wishing for fewer.



When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.



Love can touch us one time And last for a life time And never let go till We're gone.

Love can touch us one time And last for a life time And never let go till We're gone.



But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.

But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.



To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.



Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse it the stamp of reality.

Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse it the stamp of reality.



Telling someone who’s crying not to cry is the same as telling someone who’s falling not to fall.

Telling someone who’s crying not to cry is the same as telling someone who’s falling not to fall.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "That should be something that an artist can respond to as well in terms of a painting.". Author of this quote is Kehinde Wiley. This quote is about artist, painting,.