Doug Aitken Quotes

The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

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• I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Country
  • Remember
  • Culture

• We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

  

  Jack Prelutsky
  • Poetry
  • Need
  • Mine

• I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Stupid
  • Smart
  • Realize

• If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Hand
  • Military
  • Fight

• The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Important
  • Game
  • Day

• Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Money
  • Power
  • Aphrodisiac

• I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
  • College
  • Years
  • Gone

• If you are a woman, you might feel torn between logical agreement and emotional resistance. Why? It seems like a simpler solution to blame men for the pay gap than to engineer your own bridge to higher pay.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Why
  • Woman

• 'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Black
  • Crazy
  • Horse

• My favourite colour is red, but I also like jewel tones and monochrome, while my preferred shapes include A-line skirts and skinny trousers.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Like
  • Red
  • Colour

• If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.

  

  Vance Havner
  • Home
  • Never
  • Son

• The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci

• One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the coal to come bubbling up to the surface. One must go deep down, and work out every vein carefully.

  

  Arthur Sullivan
  • Work
  • Waiting
  • Inspiration

• I am murdering me, where I kneeled at your kiss.I am pushing knives through the handsthat created two into one.Our hands do not bleed at this, they lie still in their dishonor.

  

  Anne Sexton
  • Kiss

• It's always been kind of weird to me because when you give someone an autograph, you're looking down at a piece of paper and once you sign it the person moves on.

  

  Christopher Meloni
  • Weird

• The nation voted us to power to see unity and communal harmony, not for any division or communality.

  

  Khaleda Zia
  • Power
  • Unity

• For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.

  

  Jennifer Chiaverini
  • Long
  • Remember
  • Political

• Alan Cumming was such a fun guy to watch. I remember he has a song in the first 'Spy Kids' movie, and when Danny Elfman came to set, they were working on the song.

  

  Daryl Sabara
  • Kids
  • Remember
  • Movie

• We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

  

  Ernest Holmes
  • Lead
  • Individuals
  • Choiceless

• I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.

  

  Cameron Dokey
  • Great
  • Reward
  • Earned

• I love The End of the Batman story. I have my original copy, the hardcover, at my house from when I was a kid, whenever that was,'88 or '89. It was very influential to me because it was so explicit in touching on the notion that Batman might be mad and that he might belong in the mad house.

  

  Scott Snyder
  • Kids
  • House
  • Mad

• The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

  

  Doug Aitken