Marlene Dumas Quotes
I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.
Quotes to Explore
-
The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
-
For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
-
I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
-
The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
-
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
-
I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
-
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
-
Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
-
I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
-
Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
-
There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
-
On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.
-
What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
-
I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
-
It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.
-
It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
-
It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
-
Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
-
I have never worried about 'Frontline' becoming an old-fashioned news brand, because we never were.
-
People make the assumption that you're only interested in one thing based on the most recent thing you've done. But some directors can be pretty promiscuous about their tastes, and that's how I want to challenge myself.
-
It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and collect medals.
-
I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before.
-
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.
-
I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.
