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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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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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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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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Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
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I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.
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Yeah I grew up on the Westside of Detroit.
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We can define the rules of police-citizen engagement, but everyday decisions will always be made by men and women in uniform, on the street, in the community, under extreme pressure, in a dangerous world where guns easily fall into the wrong hands.
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I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted.
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In Baltimore, soft crabs are always fried (or broiled) in the altogether, with maybe a small jock-strap of bacon added.
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I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier.
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It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
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Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
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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.
