Author: Chris Ofili

Quotes

I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.

I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.

- Chris Ofili

There's a magic that comes from playing entirely to who you are. I've got my specialist subject - in the Mastermind sense - and I wouldn't change it, or who I am.

There's a magic that comes from playing entirely to who you are. I've got my specialist subject - in the Mastermind sense - and I wouldn't change it, or who I am.

- Chris Ofili

'Death & the Roses' came out of ideas about flagellation and guilt and from looking at Piero della Francesca's 'The Flagellation of Christ.'

'Death & the Roses' came out of ideas about flagellation and guilt and from looking at Piero della Francesca's 'The Flagellation of Christ.'

- Chris Ofili

When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.

When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.

- Chris Ofili

The church is not made up of one person but a whole congregation, and they should be able to interact with art without being told what to think.

The church is not made up of one person but a whole congregation, and they should be able to interact with art without being told what to think.

- Chris Ofili

I believe in God, but I'm not dominated by it.

I believe in God, but I'm not dominated by it.

- Chris Ofili

There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.

There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.

- Chris Ofili

I love Manchester. I love Manchester United. But I would really struggle to be creative there. I feel a bit lost, over-familiar maybe. Maybe too stuck in my own web of history.

I love Manchester. I love Manchester United. But I would really struggle to be creative there. I feel a bit lost, over-familiar maybe. Maybe too stuck in my own web of history.

- Chris Ofili

Change is not indecision.

Change is not indecision.

- Chris Ofili

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