Wangechi Mutu Quotes
In most cases I start off with a sketch. But I'm also thinking about real images: out of National Geographic, out of fashion magazines, out of The Economist, out of Time. I'm making a sketch, but I'm using the existing images that have been put out in the world.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
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In 2012, a five-year-old girl in Shandong province described to me how ten officials had chased her six-months-pregnant mother through the fields to prevent the birth of the family's second child, a boy. She died during the procedure.
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I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.
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All men ought to think of Christ because of the office Christ fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son of God through whom alone the Father can be known, approached, and served. He is the appointed Mediator between God and man through whom alone we can be reconciled with God, pardoned, justified, and saved.
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People like to see showdowns.
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The right reading for this is the one I'm giving.
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'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
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We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
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I'm spending nights just dreaming / And playing the music loud / They're banging on the ceiling / They're praying that I'll soon be out.
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My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.
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The poet is like the earth's shadow. The sun moves, and the poet writes something down.
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I loved old movies as a kid, so I always watched old movies.
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I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.
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I will say that my personal business is my personal business. And I will leave it at that.
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In most cases I start off with a sketch. But I'm also thinking about real images: out of National Geographic, out of fashion magazines, out of The Economist, out of Time. I'm making a sketch, but I'm using the existing images that have been put out in the world.
