Raymond Pettibon Quotes
I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.
Quotes to Explore
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Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
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I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
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But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.
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I don't want to be 50 years old and rapping, man. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to do that.
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I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
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My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
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I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
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I hate celebrating birthdays.
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When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough.
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My job is art curator, not artist. All I have ever wanted to do is immerse myself in art, to enjoy it, to learn about it, to write about it, to talk to others about it.
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I hate picking out clothes.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.
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I feel comfortable at 154 lbs.
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I just try to take it as it comes. One autograph at a time.
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I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.
