“It's amazing how, in New York, there is almost a feeling of entitlemen...” — Kehinde Wiley Quote

“It's amazing how, in New York, there is almost a feeling of entitlement by the public - this very palpable lack of surprise at being stopped in the street and being asked to be the subject of a 12-foot monumental painting.”

“Stained glass is unique from the outside, but as a painting insider, I know that oil painting's all about light. And it's about the depiction of light, the way that it bounces off different types of skin, different landscapes. The mastery of that light is the obsession of most of my painter friends.”

“If art can be at the service of anything, it's about letting us see a state of grace for those people who rarely get to be able to be seen that way.”

“Europe has been a place of refuge. Why should it stop with black and brown bodies?”

“My style is in the 21st century. If you look at the process, it goes from photography through Photoshop, where certain features are heightened, elements of the photo are diminished. There is no sense of truth when you're looking at the painting or the photo or that moment when the photo was first taken.”

“The leftist vision of politics as a matter of rights begets an attitude of grievance and entitlement.”

“I don't want to be obnoxious with my ambition or sound like I expect any sort of entitlement here. Hollywood is not in the business of humoring people.”

“Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you.”

“My parents gave me a strong sense of entitlement. And I use that in a very good way.”

“Entitlement is just the grossest kind of human behavior.”

“People like entitlements. That's why we spend so much on them.”