Shahzia Sikander Quotes

I was very, very quiet. I was always a loner, hardly spoke, and I was quite a nerd in school. So I was an outsider always.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual.

Art, for me, has always been a ticket for experience.

I like driving. A lot. I think that's something I just enjoy the most. I can, at a moment's notice, drive across the country if, you know, I had to.