"We have a lot of sort of received historical ways of viewing portraiture. And I suppose in some way I'm sort of questioning that by toying with the rules of the game."

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Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu

Kehinde Wiley

#Games Quotes #Historical Quotes #Portraiture Quotes

“That's how powerful you are, girl...You pretty, but pretty alone is not what people see. You the kinda pretty, the kinda beauty, that's like a mirror. Men and women see themselves in you, only now they so beautiful that they can't bear to see you go.”
“I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.”

Source : "Oceans apart". Interview with Ed Douglas, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2007.
“Innovators are inevitably controversial.”

Source : Eva Le Gallienne (1966). “The Mystic in the Theatre: Eleonora Duse”
“Death alone will put a stop to my effort!”
“The only time that I am really truly happyâ€”when I feel at my bestâ€”is when I'm on the stage.”
“Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.”
“With regard to the youth vote we should encourage them to partake in the process, making more use of our education system to show the role Government plays in their lives, but also utilise the youth media they relate to to better connect them to our message.”
“The Internet had been a BIG help with my career. My advice to musicians, Internet is the key. It gets your music heard all across the world.”

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