Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Unfortunately, there was no Jackson Pollock of the camera.
There are no evils in Nature, there are only evils of Man.
There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.
I think if people really want music they'll search it out.
Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.
Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.
I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.
When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
I am not an Earth artist, I'm totally involved in the sky.
At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.
A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.
The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life.
It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.
It's fun, in a way, to explore what's risky in one's life.
I am ten different kinds of badass now! [Alucard Hellsing]
This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle.
All my film ideas and subjects have come from photography.
I am as mysterious to myself as I am mysterious to others.
I believe that the physical is the geography of the being.
When one does something, one must go back to the ancients.
I just want to create situations where people forget time.
With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.
Good art is never made in studio. Good art I make in life.
The golden opportunity you are seeking is within yourself.
The viewer brings all additional information to the image.
To forgive or not to forgive... are those my only choices?
Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.
If I didn't choose art, I would have become an astronomer.
People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
The most important element in a picture cannot be defined.
You've got to be a fool to want to stop the march of time.
Do not think that it is possible to repeat another period.
I never give too much thought to the idea of universality.
My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it.
Having a favourite colour is like having a favourite lung.
Nothing is invented and brought to perfection all at once.
An artist is someone who makes art... He didn't invent it.
Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.
To think about "oblivion" is to think about "what art is".
If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.
I'm not the kind of person who enjoys big crowds very much.
There have been times when I didn't quite make my deadline.
When I draw, I always recall my mindset when I was a child.
I'd want to be born once more as myself, but more talented.
If we master a bit of drawing, everything else is possible.
I had forgotten what sleep is like - a kingdom all its own.
Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was
The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line
I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.