Piet Mondrian Quotes
I often sketched by moonlight in the 1890's - cows resting or standing immovable in flat Dutch meadows, or houses with dead, blank windows. I never painted these things romantically, but from the very beginning I was always a realist.Piet Mondrian
Quotes to Explore
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
Nancy Gibbs -
When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.
Quincy Jones -
If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
Hailey Bieber -
I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
Rachel Zoe -
I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
Barbra Streisand -
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
Zachary Taylor -
I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
Paddy Considine -
I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world.
Kate Williams -
R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
R. Kelly -
I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
Gary Numan -
I am very interested in Ayurvedic medicine and hope to explore it more someday. I only have a very superficial understanding of the whole thing right now. But learning what my body type is has shifted my whole self-care regime a bit, and I feel better because of it.
Taylor Schilling
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The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets. Anyone who saw 'Faust' there - I did - knows exactly what hell is like, complete with fire, smoke and terror.
Karen DeCrow -
The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
Ban Ki-moon -
I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.
Jack Ma -
When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.
Natalie Goldberg -
I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
Quentin Blake -
To create a work of art is to create the world.
Wassily Kandinsky
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If you don't want to investigate what you're passing judgment on, then it's your fault. And I believe that if people investigate Goldberg as a human being, I'm not such a bad guy.
Bill Goldberg -
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
Jules Verne -
We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body.
Ray Kurzweil -
Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
My dad was a cop, you know, and I grew up three houses down from people who used Confederate flags as curtains.
Dee Rees -
I often sketched by moonlight in the 1890's - cows resting or standing immovable in flat Dutch meadows, or houses with dead, blank windows. I never painted these things romantically, but from the very beginning I was always a realist.
Piet Mondrian