Paul Signac (Paul Victor Jules Signac) Quotes
The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions.
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Football sometimes is stressful. Music is more of a kind of laid-back type, chilled-out kind of activity. It kind of keeps me balanced, I guess.
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I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there, I joined this singing troupe in California, and I would just go sing at festivals in this girl group and perform as much as I could.
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Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.
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I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
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No day is alike, nor should it be.
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I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
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For whatever reason I was always obsessed with the potential of humanity's physicality. Especially since we grew up with such a non-physical philosophy.
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Just broke up with somebody. Well, it wasn't really a break up, it was a booty call I might have took too serious.
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Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.
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They will have a much better idea of what the requirements are when they rebuild their house. It will have to meet certain criteria if they have flood insurance.
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I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take, the faster you grow.
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Do not be awed by giant predecessors. Be ill-tempered with their renown. Point out flaws. Frighten interviewers from Time. Appear in Playboy. Sell to the movies.
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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
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Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain.
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The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.
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You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.
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Do you remember A Wrinkle in Time? It's a good one example. I think the character's name is Meg. I just remember she was a very logical, intelligent, advanced girl. I wouldn't say that I felt like that was who I was, but I wanted to be around her; I wanted to be like her. She had an understanding of science and was incredibly curious - an interesting, complex young girl.
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I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing...
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There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers.
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The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions.
