Wangechi Mutu Quotes

When the world says, 'Jump,' you gotta jump. It's like me moving to America when I was 29. I just did it. And now it's a home. You can't plan those things.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I like to do something I fear.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

What I implore you to do is believe that if you make courageous choices and bet on yourself and put yourself out there that you will have an impact as a result of what you do, and you don't need to know now what that will be, or how that will happen, because nobody ever does.

Always trying new things is always more fun, and it can be scary, but it's always more fun in the end.

I believe in taking chances and living your life. Sometimes doors open and others close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging.

I've always been, like a lot of people, driven by fear. Always focusing on the fire on the rope, as opposed to what the rope is coming from.

Sometimes you need to come out of your comfort zone a little bit.

I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet.

When you put fear aside and follow your convictions, you get to try and achieve so many more things.

But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion.

Embrace the fear and go for it. That's what I do. I don't run from it - I embrace the fear.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

Creating stuff is hard. But, if that terrifies you, you will just be numb, and you better just stay at home and watch TV and do something else. Move into the woods and live with the trees.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown.

It's important that you are not embarrassed when you try something new.

Maybe it's stupidity, but you just gotta jump into things. That's how I've gone through life.

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.