What is Africa, anyway? Even I don't know what Africa is, entirely. But I know that it's not some of these simplified sound bites you hear in America.

- Wangechi Mutu

Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but also the biggest co…

- Wangechi Mutu

Always acknowledge your position in the food chain... They eat because you grow the food.

- Wangechi Mutu

We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all these amazing…

- Wangechi Mutu

A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's innocuo…

- Wangechi Mutu

Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the femal…

- Wangechi Mutu

In most cases I start off with a sketch. But I'm also thinking about real images: out of National Geographic, out of fashion magazines, out of The Ec…

- Wangechi Mutu

I'm not a policy maker. I'm not even a very great activist. My main thing is to make things that speak for the culture that I live in.

- Wangechi Mutu

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.

- Wangechi Mutu