Max Beckmann Quotes
One thing is sure – we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. .To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.
Quotes to Explore
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I love emotional, intense stuff; it's easier to grab onto than just being simple. Being simple and relaxed can be the hardest thing. It can be easier to get your hooks into something big.
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'Boycott caused all the trouble,' they say, as if I could have canvassed all those people personally to take a stand in 1983. Nonsense! The committee were the ones with the power to make the decisions, not me. They started the unrest, they did the sackings, and they reaped what they sowed.
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It is almost a guarantee that in the pursuit of security you will become more insecure. Inherent in the quest for security is its undoing.
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Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth.
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about rental car employees who ask if he wants the additional insurance
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One thing is sure – we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. .To transform three into two dimensions is for me an experience full of magic in which I glimpse for a moment that fourth dimension which my whole being is seeking.
