Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.
Quotes to Explore
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.
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I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do.
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I don't really mind not being a part of a film - because if there is no part for me, I will never force myself upon a film. I feel like it's just a distraction. If it is not organically incorporated into the story, it just feels like a stupid appearance, like a sort of wink. I hate that.
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I am a failed architect, if I'm honest. I got a degree in art history and was about to get another degree, in architecture, but realized I would be terrible at building things because I've got really bad spatial awareness.
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I'm not OK dancing 90 percent.
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It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring escapism to something like 'Downton Abbey.' There's a perceived romance and elegance that is wonderful to lose yourself in.
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Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.
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I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!
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Go to bed; tired is stupid.
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'What kind of stupid tale is that, when we just have to look at each other to know it isn’t true?''It has problems, I admit.'
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A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy.
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Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?
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When a dragonfly flutters by, you may not realize, but it's the greatest flier in nature. It can hover, fly backwards, even upside down.
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I think a lot of where I find my confidence is knowing I've prepared as well as I could have.
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Failure can only open more doors for you as a person and as growth and life.
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I'm an independent artist, but I do have a good business relationship with Lego, since I'm a unique customer. They're aware of what I'm doing. A painter may not have a relationship with a paint maker, but there's only one company that makes Lego.
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A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.
