Oscar Wilde Quotes
Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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Every idea has its time.
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How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
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I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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I still get excited by working with big names. You have that initial moment of, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to work with Tom Cruise!'
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I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.
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Even today I work with Niall O'Brien, who is far more technically astute than I am, but I still have the clearest idea of every detail I want in my photograph.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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All that stuff about flatness - it's this idea that painting is a specialized discipline and that modernist painting increasingly refers to painting and is refining the laws of painting. But who cares about painting? What we care about is that the planet is heating up, species are disappearing, there's war, and there are beautiful girls here in Brooklyn on the avenue and there's food and flowers.
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I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody.
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If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.
