- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like L.A. I've always said that, and people hate on me for it. I don't really like the city.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with copyright enforcement is that when the parameters aren't incredibly well defined, it means big corporations, who have deeper pockets and better lawyers, can bully people.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Propaganda has a negative connotation, which it partially deserves, but I think there is some propaganda that is very positive. I feel that if you can do something that gets people's attention, then maybe they'll go and find out more about the person.
- Copies
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think that copyrights and intellectual property are important - it's important to be able to keep people from making verbatim copies of a particular creation that could somehow hurt the creator.
- Street
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the street, people aren't bashful. They will say if they like something or if they think it sucks.
- First Amendment Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the case of the Obama poster, I was just exercising my First Amendment rights - and my free speech is exercised visually. People who want to talk or write in order to share an opinion about Obama can do that, but when I want to say what I think about him, I need to make a portrait.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
People romanticize struggle and obscurity, and I get that, but it's a very one-dimensional argument to say that people who have money are evil, and artists who are poor are virtuous.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
If any group wants to not be disenfranchised, then understanding that there's going to be a learning curve for people who have disenfranchised them is important.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to be intimidated by people or identity politics. I think that's a dead end.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
My idea about the role of artists is to get people to look at things in a way that's different than the way they normally would if they are being told how to think, what to do. I think when people receive information through art, they are more open-minded.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020