Chris Ofili Quotes
London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists making all types of work, but it got to a point where the social aspect became claustrophobic.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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We all have the right to comment about each other.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I love my shoulders; they're strong. I like the way they move, and I like the way they look in clothes.
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There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do.
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The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.
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Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences.
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There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.
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London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists making all types of work, but it got to a point where the social aspect became claustrophobic.
