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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.
- Nov 07, 2020
The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.
- Painting
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said if I made 10 films in my life, I would be very lucky. That's how I meant it. My fear after my first one was whether they would let me make another one, so I had this goal in my head.
- Cecil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
What seems to be clear to me is that after the primary infection most of the cells die indirectly, but at the later stage, when the viral load is very high, the virus kills a lot of cells directly.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to tell stories, but the making is less comfortable. I like to be private, and being in the middle of a film crew with the least amount of privacy is the discomfort of shooting a movie. For me, the editing is the great moment when I can bring back ideas and realize the movie for the last time before I hand it to the audience.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been one to throw clubs, break clubs, or use bad language on the golf course. I've played with golfers who've done that, and I really hate to see it. If I did something like that, my dad would come get the putter and hit me upside the head with it. I knew better.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, I've never met someone who was mean to me. Like, a fan or a hater or something.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020