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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There have been many, many paintings of Theseus and the Minotaur, as it is one of the more popular myths, so how could I make mine different and new? I decided it would be best to make the most dynamic painting I could. I wanted to capture the moment right before the Minotaur's horn was snapped.
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People who don't know you, you don't know their motives. They smile at you all day, "Oh, that's great. You've done it again! You're the greatest!" And that's not good for an artist.
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So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.
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Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
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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.
