Bridget Riley Quotes
As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the music. There's where the connection comes from; you can't Twitter that.
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The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.
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As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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There are so many devices that can receive video, creating complexities, because suddenly you can have a TV, laptop, smartphone, pads. And they are of different sizes. It's clear that you need to standardise and get a much more efficient TV delivery.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not that I think I'm funny... but I long to do a situation comedy.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.
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I never say no to an ice cream.
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The law is cruel.
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In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
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My grandfather and I were very close.
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I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.
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So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.
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Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.
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See to it that you stand truly alive in the wonderful Creation of your God!
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A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.
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I was not paying attention during physics in high school; I was wondering if I was going to be cast in 'Pippin.'
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The worst situations in the world always start with the words, 'trust me.'
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As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.
