"Trust Your Experience"

BY KEHINDE WILEY, AMERICAN, BORN 1977, AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS’ “PORTRAIT OF DOCTOR SAMUEL JOHNSON," 2009, ARCHIVAL INKJET PRINT ON HAHNEMÜHLE FINE ART PAPER; 30 × 24.5 INCHES; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND ROBERTS PROJECTS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. © KEHINDE WILEY

“Take no one’s word for anything, including mine—but trust your experience.”

—James Baldwin…