"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."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Kehinde Wiley

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes

“Do you believe in telepathy? No? Then what are you doing when you pray?”
“I can testify that it is nearly always easier to make $1,000,000 honestly than to dispose of it wisely.”
“Montreal is a very cosmopolitan, sophisticated, erudite, educated, glorious city today. But it wasn't quite that way when I was growing up there. There was a lot of anti-Semitism. And I had to deal with that in an area of the city that had very few Jews.”
“A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith.”
“In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National Theatre, at the Old Vic, near the South Bank, in 1963, institutionalized the symbolic importance of drama by giving it both a building and state funding.”
“I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but thatâ€™s not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, 'Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.'”

Source : "Meghan Trainor Bares All: Her Unexpected Big Break, Being Bullied and Embracing Her Body" by Sophie Schillaci, www.etonline.com. September 2, 2014.
“And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.”
“Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.”

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