"There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because I want it that way, but rather because it's just the way people look at the work of an African-American artist in this country."

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Source : "'I try to create a place of disorientation' - interview with Kehinde Wiley". Interview With Anna Savitskaya, artdependence.com. February 16, 2015.

Kehinde Wiley

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“The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukaemia.”
“It's about your heart and about your consciousness. It's not about length of time you pray. Some of the most powerful prayers I've ever heard come from children, who can barely speak.”
“I want to be a writer someday.”
“The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.”

Source : "Canseco: No Qualms About Using Steroids". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2005.
“Anger causes anguish to the souls of all of those who experience the feeling as well as to those who are the recipients of this emotional explosion.”
“I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.”

Source : "Takeshi Kitano: Silent superstar" by Dean Irvine, www.cnn.com. October 23, 2008.
“My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'”
“The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.”

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