Franz Kline Quotes
If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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The view which regards man as a well, a reservoir full of possibilities, I call the romantic; the one which regards him as a very finite and fixed creature, I call the classical.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let's get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved.
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I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
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Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.
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If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.
