Author: Amy Sherald

Quotes

My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until I won the National Gallery Portrait Competition.

My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until I won the National Gallery Portrait Competition.

- Amy Sherald

My father wanted me to be a dentist like him, or any doctor, really. There was this attitude of, 'The civil rights movement was not about you being an artist.'

My father wanted me to be a dentist like him, or any doctor, really. There was this attitude of, 'The civil rights movement was not about you being an artist.'

- Amy Sherald

Art class was my safe haven.

Art class was my safe haven.

- Amy Sherald

I don't think anybody can create in a space where they don't feel comfortable.

I don't think anybody can create in a space where they don't feel comfortable.

- Amy Sherald

Why can't I make up my own characters and paint the people I want to see in the world? I'm depicting the many people who existed in history but whose presence was never documented.

Why can't I make up my own characters and paint the people I want to see in the world? I'm depicting the many people who existed in history but whose presence was never documented.

- Amy Sherald

I want my portraits to create a space where blackness can breathe.

I want my portraits to create a space where blackness can breathe.

- Amy Sherald

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

- Amy Sherald

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