Frank Stella Quotes
There are two problems in painting. One is to find out what painting is and the other is to find out how to make a painting. The first is learning something and the second is making something.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
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In a city, it's very hard to do a restaurant, an avant-garde-cuisine restaurant, where each year you need to change the whole menu.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation.
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People are saying that Rick Perry is really tough because he has executed over 200 people. And that was just while he was on vacation in Florida.
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What can I say about 'The Lost Boys'? Oh my God: I love it; I hate it; I'm scared of it. I had a massive crush on them all when I was young. And I wanted to be a vampire. It's so stylized; it's the type of film I grew up on. To me, it's always at the top.
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No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?
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The gain isn't counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency.
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There are two problems in painting. One is to find out what painting is and the other is to find out how to make a painting. The first is learning something and the second is making something.
