Jack Kirby Quotes
I taught myself how to draw, and I soon found out it was what I really wanted to do. I didn't think I was going to create any great masterpieces like Rembrandt or Gauguin. I thought comics was a common form of art, and strictly American in my estimation, because America was the home of the common man - and show me the common man that can't do a comic. So comics is an American form of art that anyone can do with a pencil and paper.Jack Kirby
Quotes to Explore
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I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady.
Larry Wilcox -
I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
Xavier Niel -
If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
Omar Khayyam -
Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
Fernando Botero -
I have a really great show jacket from Lavalliere that's really well made, and I have a great pair of Gucci jodhpurs, which is hilarious.
Edie Campbell
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If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
Uday Kotak -
I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
Nancy Sinatra -
To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
Larry Wall -
Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified documents.
Barton Gellman -
'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
Taissa Farmiga -
Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.
Rachel Kushner
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I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.
Damian Lewis -
A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
Wendy Carlos -
As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
Edmund Phelps -
Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
Edgardo Osorio -
Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.
Gail Collins -
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
Orison Swett Marden
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I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.
John Gourley Portugal. The Man -
I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about.
Kristen Wiig -
Made a sketch later on the cabin verandah, but it was impossible to keep up with the changes. Oh the difficulties of mountain art for too little genius.
J. E. H. MacDonald -
If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer.
R. A. Torrey -
'The Last Five Years,' we sang almost everything live. When we're in a convertible on the West Side Highway, there was no point - it's not going to be usable sound. But any time we were indoors, we were singing live.
Anna Kendrick -
I taught myself how to draw, and I soon found out it was what I really wanted to do. I didn't think I was going to create any great masterpieces like Rembrandt or Gauguin. I thought comics was a common form of art, and strictly American in my estimation, because America was the home of the common man - and show me the common man that can't do a comic. So comics is an American form of art that anyone can do with a pencil and paper.
Jack Kirby