Asger Jorn Quotes
During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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I baked bread, hand-ground peanuts into butter, grew and froze vegetables, and, every morning, packed lunches so healthful that they had no takers in the grand swap-fest of the lunchroom.
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I'm a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.
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There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.
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A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.
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I was not getting work, even after auditioning for films. So I started working in a studio as a photographer; I assisted a cinematographer for two ads. I was thinking that I will get into photography or cinematography or assist someone. But then the 'Dangal' offer came, and I was busy with the auditions.
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I just wanna be a good artist.
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It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or to run guided tours through the more difficult country of his work. It's none of their business that you had to learn. Let them think you were born that way.
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During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength.
