Frank Stella Quotes
I know what I want, but it's physically beyond me now. I can work on what I can handle. It's a playoff between the object and my physical limits.
Quotes to Explore
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
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I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds.
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I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.
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I have a company attitude about my work. I don't like to do just one thing; I like to do a lot of things.
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Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
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I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.
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I know what I want, but it's physically beyond me now. I can work on what I can handle. It's a playoff between the object and my physical limits.
