The first freedom is to be in possession of yourself - to own yourself, to not be subject to the will of somebody else. In a capitalist society, that…

- Kerry James Marshall

In [Ralph] Ellison's case, it's more psychological than it is phenomenal, and it's conditioned by anger, animosity, and lack of desire to engage with…

- Kerry James Marshall

I came in making choices about how I deploy aesthetics and imagery strategically. It seems to me that's the only legitimate way of making work.

- Kerry James Marshall

I want to create music that you can just vibe to. Put in your car and just you know like you roll all the windows up and you're like dancing and you …

- Kerry James Marshall

If you have a dream: Number one, make a plan. And then execute that plan. And there will be failures along that line. Don't let that discourage you. …

- Kerry James Marshall

When State Way Gardens and The Robert Taylor Homes were being torn down, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use that as a backdrop for the devel…

- Kerry James Marshall

I think the museum should be an arena in which ideals can hash it out, fight it out, tooth and nail, for attention.

- Kerry James Marshall

Black painters have done all kinds of work. It's the treatment of forms they engage in-that's what determines the value of the work, not whether you …

- Kerry James Marshall

In some ways you still have to buy your freedom, but that's because you live in a social structure that's organized around capital, and capital does …

- Kerry James Marshall