Diego Rivera Quotes
To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life
Quotes to Explore
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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That Lana Del Rey is quite cute, isn't she? I quite like her.
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I like sleeping a lot.
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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
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Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.
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I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
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The fight scenes are pretty easy and come pretty naturally for me, to be honest.
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I'm still struggling with whether I might want to get off the Internet. More and more people I know have. Daniel Day Lewis doesn't do the Internet at all, and I noticed he had many more books open around his house.
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My house is full of paintings by my mother Pam. She was a fantastic, prolific artist but had no confidence in herself, thanks to my father running her down. They married during the war when she was 19 - she had planned to go to art school. But my father didn't want her to work, so she became a housewife.
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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.
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You are an over-excited little man, with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not discreditable. Neither does it make you an artist.
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To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life
