John Ruskin Quotes
Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing.John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Abraham Lincoln -
Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
Olivia DeJonge -
What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
Tamron Hall -
Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
Kailash Satyarthi -
When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
Rachel Bloom -
One shouldn't know the future.
Zubin Mehta
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
Narciso Rodriguez -
In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.
Ottessa Moshfegh -
My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
Olly Murs -
The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
Oscar Niemeyer -
The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
Dana Snyder -
If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
Karl Lagerfeld
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
Harold Prince -
For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a vehicle to making fun of him. I can't do a Donald Trump impersonation, but I can impersonate her.
Laura Benanti -
Really it was the first time in my life that I recognised that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this.
Tea Leoni -
It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.
Pamela Anderson -
I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
Ted Cruz -
I'm a germ-phobe when I meet a lot of people or shake a lot of hands. I always have hand sanitizer and alcohol swabs so I can sort of go back and forth between the two.
Mandy Moore
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I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.
Sam Hunt -
I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
Laura Schlessinger -
My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Generally, our products today are so cheap, you know there's something wrong. Things are not made in a good way. I want to make things that are. I want to make the story behind products visible.
Christien Meindertsma -
Color in painting lures the eyes as verses do in poetry.
Nicolas Poussin -
Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing.
John Ruskin