“It's interesting how as an artist you keep evolving, but if you can get into the contemporary art space, if the works are in institutions and museums, they keep living on and on and on, even if you move to a different space, that work is still operating.” IfsArtStillsDifferentMovingArtistSpaceInterestingInstitutionsContemporaryEvolveMuseumsLiving OnContemporary Art Author:Kalup Linzy
“If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not get made.” IfsMayMadeProcessStepsToo MuchPieces Author:Kalup Linzy
“You can talk yourself out of doing something if you start to think about, "How would this person see it, or that person see it?" So sometimes it's allowing myself to be in it and not talking myself out of it.” IfsThinkingPersonsSometimesTalkingAllowingNot Talking Author:Kalup Linzy
“We all, as human beings, have different layers, and if we become one-dimensional or really superficial, then I still think there are things that happened that got us to that place.” IfsThinkingHumansStillsDifferentHuman BeingsHappenedLayersSuperficial Author:Kalup Linzy
“When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a gallery context for a while. People were like, "You should never leave a gallery if you didn't have somewhere else to go," but I wasn't trying to disrespect the gallerists in that way.” PeopleIfsWayShouldTryingLike YouPhasesSomewhere ElseGalleryDisrespect Author:Kalup Linzy
“If I want to do something in the TV industry, I should be allowed to explore that, but not in a way where it has to cancel out or ruin my visual art career.” IfsWayWantShouldArtCareersTvsIndustryRuinsVisualsVisual Art Author:Kalup Linzy
“If I have a piece that's solely based on the web and it's going to also exist in a gallery, it needs to exist in a gallery where it doesn't feel redundant.” IfsNeedsFeelsPiecesGalleryRedundant Author:Kalup Linzy
“You can dwell on things, and if you open your eyes and pay attention to it, those things start popping up around you.” IfsEyePayAttentionPay AttentionPopping Author:Kalup Linzy
“If you want to be somewhere, you should go to that place and check it out.” IfsWantShouldChecks Author:Kalup Linzy
“I almost feel like if I didn't have the gallery and museum content it would be easy to get lost. People's attention spans are so short; they see something and it trends for a few days and then it goes away and something else comes.” PeopleIfsFeelsWould BeLostEasyAttentionTrendsMuseumsGalleryEasy To GetAttention Span Author:Kalup Linzy
“I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldGenerationsTorn Author:Kalup Linzy
“People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget that. I think that's what you have to be committed to if you're an artist, that's where the good feelings come from. It's so easy to get caught up in other stuff, like the business part of it. If you just have to be aware, just keep putting it out there.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldFeelingsArtistEasyStuffForgetCaughtCommittedNever ForgetCaught UpEasy To GetGood Feeling Author:Kalup Linzy
