Amy Sherald Quotes

I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

It's an honour to have been invited to perform in India for 'Vh1 Hip Hop Hustle.' This only reconfirms the impact Hip Hop culture and music has made globally.

What you put on your wall should be inspiration.

Berlin inspired Bowie and stirred him to write about real, important matters.

I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.

I think I have a responsibility as a film-maker to bring not only controversial subject matter to the screen but also to inspire a thought process.

My music comes from my personal background.

I think being gay has resulted in gay characters standing front and center in all of my work.

Medicine ended up being the best thing I ever did for my writing.

Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set.

I am obsessed with fashion, like my mother, and I am obsessed with art, like my father.

Artwork, films, TV - it's always informed my work, no matter what I'm working on.

All I try to do is put as many colors as I can on the canvas every night.

As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative.

In my films, a lot of the situations come from real life.

Generationally, I relate to Basquiat's culture and the essence of his life story.

I'm glad Wu-Tang was able to inspire other producers and artists, but I would never want to be erased or removed.

Roja,' 'Bombay' and 'Dil Se' weren't planned as political films. It was a phase India was going through and these things affected me and found their way into my work.

The stories in the songs come from my real life.

In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a picture of me. I agreed to do it, because I'm not unused to sitting for portraits: my father was a commercial artist and I used to model for him.

I decided with 'Savage Season' to use a lot of things in my life as the basis.

I would hope to make a record that interacts with culture in a macro sense. That is something to aspire to.

My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.

It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.