Sarah Jessica Parker Quotes
The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We were not at all wealthy, but it was at a time when the arts were publicly funded and there were free tickets available. For someone like myself who wasn't that academically inclined, it was a great escape.
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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.
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Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.'
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Every good painter paints what he is.
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I missed out on my childhood. I had to work hard, but I was immediately given a place in playback.
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The history of art is the history of revivals.
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Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.
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My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.
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Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'
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An abused childhood affects the entire life... It affects every facet of the life.
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Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.
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Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault.
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Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands soon acquire skills, excellent craftsmanship which will be the most important measure of how well we can industrialize.
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I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.
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Designers and musicians are primed to keep thinking forward. Once an album or collection launches, you can only think about doing the next one.
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Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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When I graduated from high school, my mom and dad were saying I needed to go to college, but I said I wanted to pursue my dream of acting. At the end of my high school career, they quit their jobs, and we moved out to California on a leap of faith.
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The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We were not at all wealthy, but it was at a time when the arts were publicly funded and there were free tickets available. For someone like myself who wasn't that academically inclined, it was a great escape.
