Ellsworth Kelly Quotes
All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.
Quotes to Explore
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My grandfather started a school for the underprivileged in Chandigarh, and that is why we moved from Himachal to Chandigarh. It was a small school, where even I would teach while in school.
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The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.
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There are programs that don't work.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted 'Tsotsi,' so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
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I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
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I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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I understand how bureaucracies work. And that's important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy.
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The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.
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I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work an espresso machine!
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Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is.
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I have specific playlists for arrivals in different cities. Tokyo skews new wave, Paris more jazz, and New York is Top 40.
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She had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.
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All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.
