M. C. Escher Quotes
I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.
Quotes to Explore
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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I was a confident, outgoing little boy. If you're an only child, you're living in a very linguistically adult world, and you've got to keep up. So I did. Maybe I was slightly annoying.
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I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.
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If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
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I've had such an odd career.
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My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.
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I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.
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If historical experience could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
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If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script.
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Personally, I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, I read comic books, and I play video games. I love this kind of world, so to be able to work in it is a dream. I enjoy it. It's all good.
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I was attracted to people who were funny because I wanted to be in that world.
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I've become really good at turning down the boring, pretty girl roles, the trophy wife, supermodel, beautiful girlfriend roles. I mean, playing somebody who's perfect holds no allure for me, whatsoever. It's just boring.
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I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.
