“I'm painting the paintings that I want to see in museums. And I'm hope...” — Amy Sherald Quote

“I'm painting the paintings that I want to see in museums. And I'm hopefully presenting them in a way that's universal enough that they become representative of something different than just a black body on a canvas.”

“Once my paintings are complete, the model no longer lives in the painting as themselves. I see something bigger, more symbolic - an archetype.”

“I paint paintings of people.”

“Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.”

“I've always been fascinated by Picasso and how he would look at a single image through multiple perspectives and from separate moments in time. He would look at a woman's face and he would see almost a three-dimensional look even though it was a flat canvas. I thought, well why couldn't we do the same thing with a football play?”

“It's the director's job to piece together my performance, his interpretation of my takes, each take, and string them together and make a statement. I'm red paint on a canvas for a painter.”