Home / Quotes / Quote by Kelley Walker

Quote by Kelley Walker

“I was working in the gap where Martin Luther King, Jr. quoted communism and Warhol appropriated the protest image and named it riot, which is precisely what King didn't want his cause to be associated with. But that was the very thing that made it sexy to the art world. So I played between the two associations.”

Quote by Kelley Walker

Author

Kelley Walker, born in 1969, is an outstanding artist known for his unique perspective and profound connotations in his works. His art blends various styles, showcasing rich imagination and creativity. more

You May Also Like

“Michael Jackson is a very weird impulse. It was the exploration of something overtly pop, to the point where pop is kitsch. It's also an exaggeration when placed across from the race riots. Because again you have the police department and you have Michael Jackson.”

Police Impulse Exploration Riot Exaggeration

Author:Kelley Walker

“I don't think when you work you have to please everybody - you make a choice. It's not like everybody who is in front of you has to become your best friend.”

Thinking Choices Your Best Friend

Author:Franca Sozzani

“I need to protect myself from everybody. I see so many people all day, all demanding their own jobs, their own opportunities, so in a way, I make a distinction. I'm very difficult about opening myself up with people at first . . . It just takes time.”

People Opportunity Difficult Protect Take Time

Author:Franca Sozzani

“I think I just do what I feel is good to do. Everybody can give me their suggestions, but at the end, the final risk is mine because it's my name on the magazine. So I only do what I really feel. Everybody tries to influence you, of course: "Oh, this is the right moment to do this" and "This is the right photographer to choose," and "This is the right model to have . . ." I listen, but I must go my own way. When you take risks, it means that you know every month people are there to judge you.”

People Thinking Giving Trying Mean Moments Risk Influence Judging Photographer Risk It Right Moment

Author:Franca Sozzani

“I thought Italian Vogue had always been considered the most experimental, avant-garde magazine. If I was going to use the same kind of language and the same kind of photos or images on the web site, it would be a disaster because Vogue has its own world, and it could be a little bit cold, you know? We don't give what you call a service.”

World Giving Kind Language Cold Disaster Italian Vogue

Author:Franca Sozzani

“You know, I can be very tough in my answers, and that was good for the magazine because it didn't mix focus points - it was to be extravagant, experimental, innovative. But the web site has made it more human. So the Web site is good for the magazine.”

Focus Tough Innovative

Author:Franca Sozzani

“I think the future fashion will be more and more separated-like, on one side would be big distribution, and on the other side there will be high-level prêt-à-porter and couture. I mean, the prêt-à-porter is already couture in a way for the prices and the way that it's made. The big distribution will allow people to dress in a fashionable way, so this could be for everybody. This part of the big distribution will be stronger and stronger, but the other part we are coming up on is more and more rich people, because we are always thinking about Europe and about America.”

People Thinking Mean Rich Fashion Stronger Rich People Fashionable

Author:Franca Sozzani

“I was living in the moment that feminism came out of, and I think it's only through the work that women are doing today that they are making out better than men. So it's important that you are a feminist in your mind but that you have an attitude sometimes like men.”

Thinking Men Mind Important Sometimes Moments Today Attitude Feminism Feminist Live In The Moment

Author:Franca Sozzani

“Everything inspires me. It could be a movie. It could be a book. It could be a house. It could be one word - I'll think for hours and hours about one word sometimes. It could be anything.”

Thinking Book Sometimes House Hours Inspire

Author:Franca Sozzani

“Do you know when you go to a very boring dinner and you sit down and you have the chance to talk with somebody and it's so interesting that you learn so much that night that you go back and say, "Oh, finally, I met someone who inspired me"? I love that.”

Night Chance Interesting Inspired Boring

Author:Franca Sozzani