James Rosenquist Quotes
I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, 'I could do that.' They said, 'Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.'
Quotes to Explore
-
Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
-
It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
-
I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.
-
I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
-
Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
-
I want to be judged on my own merits.
-
If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
-
I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
-
I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
-
I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
-
What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
-
The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.
-
I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
-
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
-
So the storm passed and every one was happy.
-
Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
-
Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
-
The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
-
Kudos to you for generating enough sweat that it actually drips off of your body - and all over the machine you are using at the time. If you sweat a lot, that's fine, but wipe down the damn machine when you're done... or I will confront you, and it will not be pretty.
-
I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the projects that really interest me.
-
Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.
-
If you don't know that God loves you, he does. He loves his creation. And you're his creation.
-
Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.
-
I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, 'I could do that.' They said, 'Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.'
