Frank Stella Quotes
I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.
Quotes to Explore
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
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I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
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We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
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People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.
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Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.
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I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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Big will always be a part of my life. But I'm still on this Earth, so I have to live my life for now and the future.
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I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.
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Women are more skilled than men at making gossip entertaining.
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When my turn comes I propose to take my lethal capsule comfortably in bed at home and preferably on my own.
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It's been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that they've got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all.
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An offended heart is the breeding ground of deception.
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The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.
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I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.
