I think that artists provide questions, not answers. We provide provocations rather than fully formed objects.

- Kehinde Wiley

There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe on the fi…

- Kehinde Wiley

When you're at your best, you're analyzing yourself and becoming increasingly isolated from a broader narrative.

- Kehinde Wiley

The backgrounds by design are a very key part of the conversation, because I want a kind of fight or pressure to exist between the figure and the bac…

- Kehinde Wiley

I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognize…

- Kehinde Wiley

What I love in art is that it takes known combinations and reorders them in a way that sheds light on something that they have never seen before or a…

- Kehinde Wiley

In my work, I want to create an understanding, not about what a painting looks like but about what a painting says.

- Kehinde Wiley

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

- Kehinde Wiley

I create something that means something to me, to the world, and try to do my best. I can't fix everything.

- Kehinde Wiley