"What came out of that was an intense obsession with status anxiety. So much of these portraits are about fashioning oneself into the image of perfection that ruled the day in the 18th and 19th centuries. It's an antiquated language, but I think we've inherited that language and have forwarded it to its most useful points in the 21st century."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Thinking Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Anxiety Quotes

“I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.”
“Is he under the influence or something?”
“If you are becoming more easeful, peaceful & useful then you know you are growing.”
“All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.”
“Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to the truth.”
“....I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with the people of this country (the South) are to legislate for us - when our dearest rights are to be left, in the hands of those, whose advantage it will be to infringe them.”
“Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.”
“All one’s feeling goes into practicing exercises, many of which are set to music. Therefore, somehow dancing with boyfriends doesn’t attract me.”

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