James Rosenquist Quotes
I decided to make pictures of fragments, images that would spill off the canvas instead of recede into it like a medicine cabinet. I wanted to find images that were in a 'nether-nether-land': things that were a little out of style but hadn't reached the point of nostalgia.
Quotes to Explore
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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I will keep working hard!
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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After spending so much time in America, I started travelling with 'In Defence of English Cooking' by George Orwell. It's archaic and old-fashioned in its Englishness and reminds me of home.
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I always write authors after I read their books. I've been doing it for years. I write a formal letter and send it to them in care of their agent. My mother always taught us to write thank you notes, and if an author puts themselves out there, they like to hear that their book connected with someone.
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I'm more convinced than when I accepted this job that we can create a viable Ford Motor Co. that makes cars and trucks that people really do prefer. And we can make them using minimum resources and minimum time and be competitive with our competition.
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You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge.
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I decided to make pictures of fragments, images that would spill off the canvas instead of recede into it like a medicine cabinet. I wanted to find images that were in a 'nether-nether-land': things that were a little out of style but hadn't reached the point of nostalgia.
