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.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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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.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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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.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
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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.
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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.
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The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
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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.
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As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.
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People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
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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.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
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Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure.
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After coming out as gay, I soon felt a lot more comfortable in my life, moment to moment.
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Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us.
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It's that iconic imagery of that sea of raised fists during a live performance. It's a symbol of unity and strength and at the same time there are elements of defiance and rebellion that are inherent in that raised fist symbol. It's just one of those iconic pieces of imagery from the life of rock 'n' roll.
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My makeup hasn't really changed since the 1960s!
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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.
