Alex Katz Quotes
You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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I believe it is an important project, it makes the cost of doing business lower and they will make us more competitive at the same time, it will also provide some satisfaction to the people who demand services for them of the quality they want and also quickly.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.
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I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.
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If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.
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You know you're screwed when a Western doctor recommends acupuncture.
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For me personally, Elliott Carter was and remains one of the most meaningful composers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries because he represents substance. He was the living proof of uncompromising, complex music, which at first seems inaccessible. But it becomes accessible if one digs in and sees the development through.
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In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.
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Bernanke has cultivated this idea that he is a brilliant scholar of The Great Depression, but that’s not true at all.
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You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.
