17 Chris Ofili Quotes for You to Enjoy

Chris Ofili

English Artist

Born: Oct 10, 1968

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I think visual seduction is really a lovely thing. To be able to look at something and feel you want to get closer and closer to it, and as you get closer to it, the more you drop your guard. Chris Ofili

You Drop Think Guard Visual Seduction Able Something More Feel Look Get Closer Want Lovely Really Your Thing

Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can allow newness to come in and challenge something that's an established mode. Chris Ofili

You Progress Challenge Important Doubt Panic Total Something Allow Come Because Mode Established Newness Mean Certainty Assessment Things

A lot of what Trinidad is about is the feeling of the place, the atmosphere of the place, particularly at night, and the mystery of the forest. Chris Ofili

Feeling Atmosphere About Mystery Particularly Lot Forest Place Night

London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists making all types of work, but it got to a point where the social aspect became claustrophobic. Chris Ofili

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

Success You Perception Status More Overwhelm Any Aware Elevated

When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively. Chris Ofili

Art You Better School Finished Painting Think Other Others Would Some Something Similarly Only Constructed Layers Individual Underneath Were Lots Art School Than Often Realise Worked Many Painters Paintings

We all studied math, but we don't go around spewing numbers. Religion should be used in the appropriate way. Chris Ofili

Religion Appropriate Way Studied Around Go Math Should Used Numbers

I don't think I met anyone posh until I went to London. Chris Ofili

Met Think London Until Anyone Posh

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

Love History Struggle Creative Lost Own Too Bit Would Web My Own Stuck Feel Manchester Manchester United Maybe Really United

I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely remixed in my head. And often, when I do further reading, I'm quite surprised by the difference between the real story and my memory of the story. Chris Ofili

Me Bible Memory Reading Further Out Stayed Head Between Altar Read Although Boy Real Surprised Repeatedly Heard Quite Often Real Story Difference Being Stories Story

'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

Death Christ Guilt Looking Out About Ideas Came Roses

I'm black, and it's a very important part of what I am. I'm not embarrassed about it. Chris Ofili

Black Important Embarrassed About Part Important Part Am Very

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