Arno (Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens) Quotes
Artists who believe they control everything control what they know. Artists who allow outside forces to intervene are like canoes going down rapids. The rocks are there. If you fight them, you fly off the bow. If you allow the current to take you, you can pass through swimmingly. It is a rare gift at every bend.
Quotes to Explore
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
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Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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Hospitals are about healing.
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It's a very hard and competitive business in which you have to fight every day in order to impose yourself.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.
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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
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The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.
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I don't like when people expect too much, because then I'll only be disappointed if things don't work out.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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Things don't spiral out of control when we surrender them; they spiral out of control when we try to control them!
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The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose.
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Artists who believe they control everything control what they know. Artists who allow outside forces to intervene are like canoes going down rapids. The rocks are there. If you fight them, you fly off the bow. If you allow the current to take you, you can pass through swimmingly. It is a rare gift at every bend.
