Kurt Schwitters Quotes
I cannot make a living out of art and I now occupy myself with a variety of things. Of course, I continue to paint and to nail, but in particular I write grotesques and art reviews for newspapers, I organize evenings a.o. with Theo van Doesburg and draw commercial art for newspapers.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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I don't think that the Grammys are in any way a just way of grading music.
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I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
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My livelihood depends on the art of animators.
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The absolute bedrock of our independence is having control over our own bodies. You cannot be independent if the government or someone else says whether or not you can use birth control. Unless you're in charge of your body, you're not in charge of anything. I think that's really the bottom line of feminism.
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Ray Johnson was a great innovator of mail art and photocopying and sending people photocopies.
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Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment
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I cannot make a living out of art and I now occupy myself with a variety of things. Of course, I continue to paint and to nail, but in particular I write grotesques and art reviews for newspapers, I organize evenings a.o. with Theo van Doesburg and draw commercial art for newspapers.
