Ellsworth Kelly Quotes

I learned my color in Europe. I've always been a colorist, I think. I started when I was very young, being a bird-watcher, fascinated by the bird colors.

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• Feeling has as much to say as the words do. You can have the greatest words in the world and if they're not believable, they don't strike a chord and they're not said convincingly, it's not a great song.

  

  Sam Phillips
  • World
  • Great
  • Song

• Death is better than slavery.

  

  Harriet Ann Jacobs
  • Death
  • Better
  • Slavery

• Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.

  

  Patrick Chappatte
  • People
  • Free
  • Speech

• My favorite animal is steak.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Food
  • Animal
  • Steak

• I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Growth
  • Recovery
  • Fairness

• A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

  

  Nancy Johnson
  • Down
  • Afraid
  • Walk

• You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • You
  • Change
  • Climate Change

• Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Live
  • Better
  • Fate

• I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.

  

  Harry Carey, Jr.
  • Guy
  • Loved
  • Old

• A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Good
  • Joy
  • Cool

• On 'Chatroom,' everyone was so nice, and we had a really great time together; we were around the same age and got on really well.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • Time
  • Great
  • Together

• I try to dress smooth, I try to keep my face shaved, I try to keep my head cut. I try to do all the things to keep it smooth going!

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Try
  • Face
  • Dress

• Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.

  

  Sam Altman
  • People
  • Best
  • Ideas

• You have to follow and honor that inner voice. I always encouraged the girls to do the same.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Voice
  • Honor
  • Same

• I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Feel
  • Actress
  • I Feel

• There's a fun, nostalgic aspect to Legos - people connect to the art on a different level. But it's also a medium that lets me design anything I can imagine. I especially enjoy creating curvy forms using rectangular pieces. Up close, you notice the sharp angles, but when you back away, the corners blend into curves.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • American
  • History

• In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.

  

  Flume
  • Food
  • Healthy
  • Lighting

• I like to play paintball in my back yard.

  

  Alexa Vega

• To the birds you gave songs, the birds gave you songs in return. You gave me only a voice, yet asked for more, thus I sing.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Song
  • Voice
  • Bird

• How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

  

  Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Criticism

• Your organization is not a praying institution. It's a fighting institution. It's an educational institution along industrial lines. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!

  

  Mary Harris Jones
  • Fighting
  • Organization

• I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Long
  • Song
  • Words

• I learned my color in Europe. I've always been a colorist, I think. I started when I was very young, being a bird-watcher, fascinated by the bird colors.

  

  Ellsworth Kelly
  • Color
  • Bird