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" I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real place, because that's not what I was able to do, meaning go home or be home. "

Wangechi Mutu

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" I'm not a documentarian. I'm not a photojournalist. "

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" I love magazines because they're so dispensable, and they're so quickly consumed. In that way, they're quite honest. They're unashamed about how small an amount of time they're trying to keep our attention. "

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" So many a time, I would find myself stuck in my studio while, in another country, my exhibitions were opening and I was being celebrated. "

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" If something hurtful enters your body, you create something beautiful to protect yourself from it. That's my philosophy. "

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" I keep things moving along with a seriously loving, caring, and brilliant man, a fierce group of friends - and really strong coffee. "

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