"I believe the artist is capable of contributing to the broader evolution of culture in all of its dimensions."

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Kehinde Wiley

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“Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. Why does he kill these 22 people? If they say, What difference does it make? I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.”
“Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.”
“The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.”
“Imagine taking off your makeup and nobody knows who you are.”
“I really am not a weakling. We like to do a lot of takes, so it ends up being pretty physically grueling.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you're not snooping into somebody else's lives?”

Source : "The Auteur, The Voyeur: Mike Leigh Talks". Interview with Durga Chew-Bose, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 8, 2010.
“The end is nothing; the road is all.”

Source : Willa Cather (1990). “Willa Cather in Person: Interviews, Speeches, and Letters”, p.76, U of Nebraska Press
“A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.”

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