Tom Wesselmann Quotes
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For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.
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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.
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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 get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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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 best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
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I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.
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I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.
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There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.
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It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something.
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Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.
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When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.
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Perfect self-expression will never be labor, but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play.
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The challenge for an artist is always to find your own way of doing something.
