"I began working within the streets of Harlem, where, after graduating from Yale [University, New Haven, CT], I became the artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem [New York, NY]. I wanted to know what that was about. I would actually pull people from off of the streets and ask them to come to my studio."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#New York Quotes #Artist Quotes #Museums Quotes

“I wanted to talk about certain things in a way that I hadn't seen them talked about. There is vast literature about caring for people romantically, about caring for children, but there's not a lot about caring for older people, eldercare. I was searching for a book that would speak to me, that wouldn't be sociological, that would offer some insight, some solace.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.”

Source : "Joel Edgerton’s flirtation with fame" by Luke Davies, www.themonthly.com.au. June 2013.
“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”
“What you aim for, as an actor, is to be able to play a range of different roles.”
“Every person has a train of thought on which they travel when they are alone. The dignity and nobility of their life, as well as their happiness depend upon the direction in which that train is going, the baggage it carries and the scenery through which it travels.”
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”
“But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.”
“We wonder, what if we got rid of cash? After all, cash is what keeps terrorists, drug dealers and gun dealers in business.”

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