Jean Dubuffet Quotes
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
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I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.
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Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.
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I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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Films, fiction, can encompass a whole global vision on a particular subject with any story, whatever it is. You can play the story in whatever country with whatever language in whatever style you want to tell the story in.
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The first songs I learned was 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline and 'At Last' by Etta James. I had been growing up with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, great bands.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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What is enthusiasm but a passionate belief in what seems to be a high and holy aim - an unselfish devotion to some noble cause - a consecration of heart and mind and soul to the attainment of a great object?
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Time and again, a student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worthwhile to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests, saying that if the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it.
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Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be the most real I can in this situation.
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In Chicago, having crashed his motorcycle into a car. According to police reports, his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and he told officers: Just charge me with the usual.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.
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For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
