Ellsworth Kelly Quotes
The three horizontal bands at the top in his collage: landscape with paintings 1954 correspond to sea, sand and sky, while the yellow/white and red/white shapes at the bottom are the paintings – though of a kind I actually painted only later. It was the collage that suggested the idea of doing such paintings.
Quotes to Explore
-
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
-
I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
-
In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
-
There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
-
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
-
I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
-
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
-
Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
-
The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.
-
I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
-
The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
-
There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
-
I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.
-
As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.
-
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
-
I'll always welcome some extra shifts and some extra ice time, and it's my job to be as prepared as possible to play those minutes.
-
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
-
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
-
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
-
But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if you are not around that environment, then you'll find you lose that feel, that momentum, you lose all that.
-
I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.
-
I taught up in Maine a couple of times and wasn't able to take a single picture. All that blue sky! Ugh. Sparkling clear air, just terrible. I couldn't do it.
-
If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.
-
The three horizontal bands at the top in his collage: landscape with paintings 1954 correspond to sea, sand and sky, while the yellow/white and red/white shapes at the bottom are the paintings – though of a kind I actually painted only later. It was the collage that suggested the idea of doing such paintings.
