"I think that gave rise to the type of practice that I - that I do now. I think it was informed by a very Marxist almost "use-value"-driven investigation of painting as agent. These are high-priced luxury goods for wealthy consumers, which are designed to deliver certain communicative effects."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Thinking Quotes #Practice Quotes #Luxury Quotes

“Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.”
“When it's hard and you are doubtful, give more.”
“Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.”
“I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination.”

Source : "A revealing sit-down with Courteney Cox". Interview with Ann Oldenburg, usatoday30.usatoday.com. October 9, 2003.
“I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don't pay attention 'cause it probably has floated into somebody else's head.”
“Your imaginings can have as much power over you as your reality, or even more.”

Source : Charles T. Tart, Institute of Noetic Sciences (1987). “Waking up: overcoming the obstacles to human potential”, Random House Inc
“In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.”

Source : "Education an economic issue?". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.
“You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.”

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