"A realization and a dissection of the canon gave rise to the work. But there's also a sneaking suspicion of the canon."

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Kehinde Wiley

#Realization Quotes #Canon Quotes #Dissection Quotes

“Uneasily the leaves fall at this season, forgetting what to do or where to go; the red amnesiacs of autumn drifting thru the graveyard forest. What they have forgotten they have forgotten: what they meant to do instead of fall is not in earth or time recoverable the fossils of intention, the shapes of rot.”

Source : 1962 Poems forAll theAnnettes,'Pause' (revised1968).
“I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time.”
“Sometimes, I feel like a time traveller, cause the only way that we can really travel in time is just to get older.”
“We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.”
“Go to American Apparel; they have all of the colors of socks.”
“I hated turning 40; the whole idea of it stank. But once I got through it, I was fine.”
“I don't consider myself a heartthrob in any way. I'm just pinching myself. I'm truly fortunate to be a part of this whole process.”

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