R. B. Kitaj Quotes
Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
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There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one from scratch, just as any carpenter will tell you that it is more difficult to restore an old house than to build a comparable new one.
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As U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico has paid their part.
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God has committed himself, ever since creation, to working through his creatures--in particular, through his image-bearing human beings--but they have all let Him down.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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What I learned for myself... is that no matter what the circumstances, people survive.
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Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done.
