Kehinde Wiley Quotes

Being a kid with black skin in South Central Los Angeles, in a part of the world where opportunity didn't necessarily knock every day, is what gave me this sensibility and drove me to explore my fascination with art.

Kehinde Wiley

Quotes to Explore

I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.

Walter Becker Steely Dan
The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
- Life
- Time
- Real
I need to meet people to be able to write.

Vikas Swarup
- People
- Need
- Meet
If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.

Taylor Swift
- Write
- Songs
- Works
Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.

Iain Duncan Smith
- People
- Up
- Risk
As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.

Karen Elson
- People
- Real
- Feeling