Wangechi Mutu

Artist

1972-06-22

Quotes by Wangechi Mutu

• For me, collages manage to - it satisfies all of my madness, like I'm able to make these obsessive things, but then I'm also able to make these very strong statements. I don't know what they mean to other people, but in my mind, they have a very strong particular resonance; there's sort of a power.

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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.

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• When I'm making a collage, there are a lot of things about it that are violent.

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• If something hurtful enters your body, you create something beautiful to protect yourself from it. That's my philosophy.

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