Mark Rothko Quotes
It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.
Quotes to Explore
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they're going to buy next summer.
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I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.
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When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
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You have to open up on stage.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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I love vintage, but it's so expensive now.
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I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about. My father, before I was born, had been gassed in the first World War, and I wanted to know why there were wars, why people hurt each other, why we couldn't get along together, and what made people tick. That's why I started to write stories.
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For a long time I thought I could deal with my anger and hostility on my own. But I couldn't. I denied that it had affected me, and yet I was so frantic on the inside with other people: I needed to be constantly reassured.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.
