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Arinze Stanley Egbengwu Quotes

born 1993 Nigeria

Arinze Stanley Egbengwu (born 1993) is a Nigerian artist, activist, photographer, engineer, and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating hyper realistic pencil drawings.

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Art is born out of an undying zeal for perfection both in skill and expression.

My work is a tribute to the vibrant and resilient Nigerian youth.

I draw inspiration from life experiences and basically everything that sparks a feeling of necessity.

My art is a reflection of my perception about the realities in my society; a simple language of my feelings.

The intimidation by police here is 100 percent caused by their ability to get away with it. They have the guns, the impunity, so they feel like they have control over you.

Most times, it’s almost like I lose control of my pencils; and, like energy transfer, the art flows through me from my pencil to the paper.

Patience is the key to my art.

I work with my Principle of the Three P’s namely Patience, Practice and Persistence. These have guided me over the years towards perfecting my craft.

I like to use my work to speak on issues affecting my society here in Nigeria, and the whole of Africa. Use the voice that I have through my art to speak for people who can’t speak for themselves.

I have this gift to be able to create something that is appreciated by a lot of people. I can use this gift to amplify the voice of many people that don’t have the ability to speak about what’s happening.

Even as we try to stitch the patches of our reality, I want people to see that, that we’ve had it to the head. Enough is enough. It’s a visual representation of enough is enough because from here onwards is death. We’ve had it to the extreme.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arinze Stanley Egbengwu (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.