Florentijn Hofman Quotes

I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.

Florentijn Hofman

• Art
• Funny
• Inspiration
• Books
• Ironic
• Objects
• Shapes

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• TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.

  

  Gail Porter
  • World
  • Done
  • Job

• Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Hope
  • Me
  • Star

• At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • You
  • Grow
  • Flame

• I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Deal
  • Threats
  • Ultimatums

• The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Practice
  • First
  • Building

• The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Time
  • World
  • Great

• I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.

  

  Olesya Rulin
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Hope

• One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.

  

  Eden Riegel
  • Children
  • Trying
  • Mother

• I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.

  

  A. Whitney Brown
  • Believe
  • Way
  • Me

• I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'

  

  Daniel Curtis Lee
  • Think
  • Like
  • Young

• I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.

  

  L. J. Smith
  • Want
  • Know
  • Me

• Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Great
  • Women
  • Strong

• Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.

  

  Yishan Wong
  • Real
  • Story
  • Where

• Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • People
  • Speak
  • Silent

• When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.

  

  Dalton McGuinty
  • Fairness
  • Wage
  • Minimum Wage

• Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Today
  • Human
  • Relationships

• Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Great
  • You
  • Acting

• It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

  

  Halldor Laxness
  • Simple
  • Always
  • Matter

• The important source of finance is now commercial papers, bonds, and so on.

  

  Chanda Kochhar
  • Important

• I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

  

  James A. Garfield
  • Men

• It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

  

  Jock Sturges
  • Art

• As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes, who, after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage.

  

  Vladimir Nabokov
  • Animal
  • Inspiration
  • Poor

• I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.

  

  Florentijn Hofman
  • Art
  • Funny
  • Inspiration