Kanye West

I am a black American male from Chicago, who had my rehearsal dinner at Versailles and then got married in Florence with a view of the entire city.

I don’t feel crazy any more! It was always like – it’s going to be one of two things, either i’m crazy or everybody else is.

When you want to express yourself, a lot of times words can get in the way.

Even with my wife, I see her as a representation, as a Marie Antoinette of our time.

I’m here to show you imperfection. The beauty is in the imperfection.

I’m the closest that hip-hop is getting to God. In some situations I’m like a ghetto Pope.

Nothing will stop you from being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

If you hold onto the beauty and inspiration and the clarity that is music, you will have an anchor, you will not be too far swayed by what the world is.

The essence of all Art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

Mother’s interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

We’ll buy some drugs and watch a band and jump in a river holding hands.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

There is only 1 difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I’m terribly intuitive-I always thought I was intellectual about what I do, but I’ve come to the realization that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.

Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap.