Deborah Kass Quotes
Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
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I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me.
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Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.
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As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
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If I would make a song dedicated to any woman, it would have to be my mom because, you know, she's been there since I came out of her. She would have to be the one... my mom or my daughter.
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There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
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It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.
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If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
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I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently?
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We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there.
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The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.
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In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.
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Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws.
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I've made major cutbacks. I used to love soda. So I've cut out soda completely, and I'll drink iced tea or water for what I drink throughout my day. I just made that like a lifestyle change.
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Well, PT Anderson sent me a script of Boogie Nights which I let lay around my house for about three months, then one day I'm cleaning my office and decided that I'd better read this before the guy calls me back. I never put it down, bro.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.
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The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.
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Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.
