Kenyan - Artist | June 22, 1972 -
Born Free is an idea that came from a place of deep respect for the delicate cycle of life. How incredible to be able to work with gifted designers who, as mothers, recognize what the devastating loss of a child could mean and how easily that loss can be avoided.
Wangechi Mutu
LifeWorkRespectChildFreeDeep
I feel that art is beyond language.
ArtLanguageFeelBeyondI Feel
While I was a student at The Cooper Union, they discouraged too much of a focus on any one medium, and it helped me try new and different things.
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I am inspired and affected by Aspen, the light and the landscape and the natural world.
LightI AmWorldLandscapeInspired
I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.
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When certain things reach a tipping point, and you know people's lives are in danger, you have to decide that it's time to speak up, and you have to say something loud and clear.
TimePeopleSpeakReachYouKnow
If I don't have an ability to go the places that I have been invited to show at and to speak at and to feature my talent, well then, I am going to stay here in New York City and work my butt off.
WorkTalentI AmNew YorkCityNew
I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real place, because that's not what I was able to do, meaning go home or be home.
HomeTimeThinkingFeelMeaningGo
I am fascinated by these ocean-grown folks. On the coast, there's all this cross-pollination of ideas. Someone thinks they saw something. One person's madness is reiterated by another, and a story is born. The rumour becomes a substitute for news.
I AmIdeasStorySomeoneMadness
I'm not a documentarian. I'm not a photojournalist.
I AmPeopleThinkingYouHouseWhy
In 'National Geographic,' you always saw pictures of tribal Africa. And here I am, sitting in Nairobi in our suburban house, watching TV and thinking, 'Why is it always going to be these tribal people 'that are the ambassadors of our image?
ThinkEndCreateWhyHardBegin
I think there is something about countries and nations that is hard to define. And, in fact, that's probably why we create such massive boundaries - because it's so slippery where they begin and where they end.
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