Gary Hume Quotes

One drawing demands to become a painting, so I start to work on that, and then the painting might demand something else. Then the painting might say, 'I want a companion, and the companion should be like this,' so I have to find that, either by drawing it myself or locating the image.

Gary Hume

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• When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Famous
  • Wanted
  • Kid

• I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
  • Issues
  • Policy
  • Intelligently

• Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

  

  Faith Hill
  • World
  • Great
  • Live

• I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Thinking
  • Never
  • Film

• The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Winning
  • Baseball
  • Three

• It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • People
  • Good
  • Attention

• I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Heart
  • Guy
  • Nice

• The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • People
  • Truth
  • American

• If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • People
  • History
  • Game

• I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.

  

  Rae Carson
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.

  

  Yusuf Hamied
  • Giving
  • Always
  • Grateful

• Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Look
  • Embrace
  • Grease

• Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • Light
  • Learning
  • Bible

• World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • World
  • Children
  • Community

• I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Artist

• Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Money
  • Need
  • Everything

• My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like 'The Day After Tomorrow' where I walk across country to find my family. That would be the kind of person I would be. I feel like I wouldn't be as scared. If it happens, it happens. You face it.

  

  Natalie Martinez
  • Country
  • Family
  • Day

• My normal life is like being on holiday.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Life
  • Holiday
  • Normal

• If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know what it's like, writing, it's torture.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Artist
  • Torture
  • Capabilities

• I'm afraid I don't believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith.

  

  Stephen Fry
  • Believe
  • Insecure
  • Blasphemy

• I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.

  

  Lee Konitz
  • Stop

• I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission.

  

  Ehud Olmert
  • People
  • Up
  • Done

• One drawing demands to become a painting, so I start to work on that, and then the painting might demand something else. Then the painting might say, 'I want a companion, and the companion should be like this,' so I have to find that, either by drawing it myself or locating the image.

  

  Gary Hume
  • Work
  • Myself
  • Painting