Kehinde Wiley Quotes
Painting does more than just point to things. The very act of pointing is a value statement.
Quotes to Explore
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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My weekends are oases of time and space, where I am able to draw a breath and dive into the stuff I couldn't get to that week - the great article I bookmarked, the friend whose emails I kept dropping, the blog post I'd meant to write on a subject that wasn't timely but was still important.
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The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
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Love is the one wild card.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I've never been one for crushing on famous people.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.
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Don’t look for new landscapes, use new eyes to see what is already there.
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I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.
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We may taste of every turn of chance - now rule as Kings, now serve as Slaves; now love, now hate; now prosper, and now perish. But still, through all, we are the same; for this is the marvel of Identity.
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Painting does more than just point to things. The very act of pointing is a value statement.
