Philip Guston Quotes
O’Hara was in his most non-stop way of talking, saying that the pictures put him in mind of Tiepolo Spanish wall-painter, c. 1750. Certain cupola frescoes. Suddenly I was working in an ancient building, a warehouse facing the Giudecca. The loft over the firehouse was transformed. It was filled with light reflected from the canal. quote in 1955
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.
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As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.
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The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.
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Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel.
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O’Hara was in his most non-stop way of talking, saying that the pictures put him in mind of Tiepolo Spanish wall-painter, c. 1750. Certain cupola frescoes. Suddenly I was working in an ancient building, a warehouse facing the Giudecca. The loft over the firehouse was transformed. It was filled with light reflected from the canal. quote in 1955
