Harry Callahan Quotes
I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
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The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P. These guys really understand how to be progressive and fashion forward.
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I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again.
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At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.'
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He hugged her again, before she could put some distance between them. Then the most sneaky wolf in the den lowered his voice and whispered, “But you’ve got an advantage, sweetheart. You’re already in his head. And you know how to mess with it.
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The next day, Greg is so large that he cannot even ride the car to school because he can't fit in the car. His parents believe this to have been caused by a food allergy and resolve to take him to the doctor later.
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Manny came up with some big saves. The difference was we scored on our 5-on-3 and they did not.
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I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.
