Catherine Opie Quotes
I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
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The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.
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Tempus edax rerum.
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There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
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In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes.
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J.Crew's a great brand.
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I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it.
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Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.
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Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.
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Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.
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Observers and even some officials raise questions about the future of Greece as part of the Eurozone, while the Eurozone itself struggles to deal with fundamental flaws at the heart of its architecture.
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If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.
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Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.
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Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.
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I always have apples and fruit in the house. It's easier to eat something healthy if it's within reach. I also have yogurt, cheese and crackers, and raw almonds.
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Art serves to establish community. It links us with others and with the things around us, in a shared vision and effort.
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You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't refuse to regain your youth in Christ, who says to you: 'The world is passing away; the world is losing its grip; the world is short of breath. Don't fear, your youth shall be renewed as an eagle.'
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I leave these speculations to others. It’s quite possible that my work represents a search for beauty in the most prosaic and ordinary places. One doesn’t have to be in some faraway dreamland in order to find beauty.
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I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.
