Francis Bacon Quotes

Francis Bacon: I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a ... | Citatis

I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.

Francis Bacon

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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.

Carlton Cuse
- Time
- Character
- Think
I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.

J. William Fulbright
- Men
- High
- Think
Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

Federico Fellini
- Think
- Place
- Genius
I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind the previous generation, as far as when they buy a house.

Dan Gilbert
- Think
- House
- Generation
Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.

J. G. Ballard
- Trying
- Think
- Weird
There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.

Garry Wills
- Think
- Interesting
- Church