Piet Mondrian Quotes
The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with 'vague' and 'unreal,' and 'inwardness' with a sort of traditional beatitude... The conception of the word 'plastic' has also been limited by individual interpretations.
Quotes to Explore
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
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I am a very selfish person.
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It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
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Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.
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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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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.
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With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better.
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Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.
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Madam, methinks I see him living yet;So well your words his noble virtues praise,That all both judge you to relate them true,And to possess them, honour'd Margaret.
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'I will ask them all, I will ask them all their dreams,I will hold my light above them and seek their faces.I will hear them whisper, invisible in their veins . . .'The eternal asker of answers becomes as the darkness,Or as a wind blown over a myriad forest,Or as the numberless voices of long-drawn rains.
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I don't develop anything. I don't practice, I don't rehearse. I just go out there, and it's just amazing and unpredictable and spontaneous every single time. It's the most cultivating incredible performance that you can go and see live for the amount of money that you can see it for.
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The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with 'vague' and 'unreal,' and 'inwardness' with a sort of traditional beatitude... The conception of the word 'plastic' has also been limited by individual interpretations.
