Kehinde Quotes & Sayings

Transformation is an acquired taste - not for the faint of heart. — Bob Anderson

I think that's kind of indicative of a type of self-confidence that people develop when they recognize their own ability to create. — Kehinde Wiley

Do we not see God at work in our circumstances? Dark times are allowed and come to us through the sovreignty of God. Are we prepared to let God do what He wants with us? Are we prepared to be separated from the outward, evident blessings of God? Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in his blessings, instead of God Himself. — Oswald Chambers

Write to your fear. — Dorothy Allison

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

Tomorrow always has the potential for sunshine. — Kehinde Sonola

I know without needing to hear the voice of the Creator that the stars trace out in space the orbits which His hand has drawn. — Alexis De Tocqueville

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. — Kehinde Wiley

What we have now is a communication ability. We have the ability to see working ideas that are going on in the great cities throughout the world and whether you live in Shanghai or you live in Sao Paulo, you have the ability of seeing and knowing the ideas of some of the greatest minds of our generation. — Kehinde Wiley

I love playing and I like traveling. I really do like playing in Canada, its not to diminish anywhere else because touring internationally can be cool. — Joel Plaskett

I am The Dragon
And I have come! — Kehinde Sonola

I love him to hell and back and heaven and back, and have and do and will. — Sylvia Plath

I feel sometimes constrained by the expectation that the work should be solely political. I try to create a type of work that is at the service of my own set of criteria, which have to do with beauty and a type of utopia that in some ways speaks to the culture I'm located in. — Kehinde Wiley

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. — Kehinde Wiley

That's the thing about love
It can take you up to the mountaintop and can drop you
And the impact will either kill you or make you a new person — Kehinde Sonola

To accept the dignity of another person is an axiom. It has nothing to do with subduing, supporting, or giving charity to other people. — Leo Tolstoy

We are but a speck in the Universe
Oh, but what a lucky speck to be ... — Kehinde Sonola

That's partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence. — Kehinde Wiley

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. — Vita Sackville-West

Failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field. — Lillian Hellman

Thank you Earth for I've never known a better friend — Kehinde Sonola

Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you — Jacqueline Carey

I guess art is in the eye of the beholder. — Kehinde Wiley