Chris Ofili Quotes
When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
-
I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
-
I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
-
My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
-
Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
-
I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
-
We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.
-
From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
-
Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
-
The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
-
Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
-
It's not my goal to be a famous actor.
-
I don't like to look typical.
-
For economist the real world is often a special case.
-
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
-
The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
-
For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
-
I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.
-
Look at Michelle Obama. Everyone keeps making a big deal about her arms being exposed, but don't get it twisted: her arms are out for a reason. Black women have had those arms forever - lifting, picking cotton, toting and carrying babies.
-
It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.
-
We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.
-
I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
-
And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.
-
When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively.
