Best quotes by Kerry James Marshall on Work

Checkout quotes by Kerry James Marshall on Work

• ‟ I have been a stalwart advocate for the legacy of Charles White. I have said it so often, it could go without saying. I have always believed that his work should be seen wherever great pictures are collected and made available to art-loving audiences.

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• ‟ To me, if there is any sort of value added to the accumulation of knowledge over time, then the work of artists should be a reflection of that accumulated value, accumulated knowledge. You have to demonstrate that you have the sophistication to put that into play in the work you're making.

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• ‟ There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work.

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• ‟ Too often, if you look back through the history of representation and you take the work of African-American artists, the work is on such a modest scale that it becomes sort of inconsequential.

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• ‟ I try to make work about things that matter.

  - Kerry James Marshall