Gary Hume Quotes
I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.
Quotes to Explore
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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I will keep painting until I die.
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I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.
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The emotions you see when you watch 'Narcos,' they're pretty much my emotions and the way I would react if I were there. It's not something you create; all of us have everything inside ourselves.
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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If I couldn't see the colors, now that would be a problem.
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You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express something. It very rarely comes from confidence, being raised by parents who want to hear what you have to say and wants to encourage you.
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The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected - the best - evolutions.
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Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
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I used to shop in ASDA all the time. Every now and then I still go in to get a little salad for lunch.
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Germany and other countries have protested to the U.S. We have to make it clear again and again that millions of jobs in the U.S. depend on trade with the EU.
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I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.
