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[Yinka Shonibare MBE: Being an Artist]

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You've got to be a bit utopian to be an artist,

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because it's not a very realistic occupation.

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The thought of being an artist in itself,

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I think, is a utopian idea

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because I don't really make anything useful.

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And I think that...

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that, in and of itself,

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is an illustration of my own disposition.

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Half the time, actually,
I don't believe that I am doing what I'm doing.

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I'm realizing my dreams

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and that somehow is also my profession.

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There is no line between
the personal and the professional.

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And so, in a way,

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I feel very lucky that I can do that--

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I can realize my utopian dreams

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and still survive

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through doing that.