Chris Ofili Quotes
Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.
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I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.
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I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.
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My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.
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The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.
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Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.
