Nikky Finney (Lynn Carol Finney) Quotes
I remember saying to myself those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they will truly be heard. I mean, that's what art is. Art is about being provocative. Art is also about beauty. And if you leave the latter out, the former doesn't matter.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I must've been a bird in some previous lifetime. I feel like I'm called to flying - the convenience and the beauty of it. That feeling of soaring would be empowering.
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As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
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When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
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Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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You have to be very careful with the art you create and you put out.
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If I'm creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want, and nobody will say it's wrong.
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Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things.
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I am truly honoured to become ambassadress for Yves Saint Laurent. The brand's modern vision of beauty is very inspiring, and I am particularly proud to represent such an audacious archetype of woman.
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All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.
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I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep.
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Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.
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Ginger: Get off it, Mo. If I can't ogle, I don't want to be part of your revolution.
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It's really wonderful that it's the whole franchise being recognized and it's a collective award. Each film has anywhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people working on it and so really the award is for each and every one of us. We are like a family.
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I had glasses and was kind of weird. A lot of actors are pretty weird people.
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I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.
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In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
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I remember saying to myself those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they will truly be heard. I mean, that's what art is. Art is about being provocative. Art is also about beauty. And if you leave the latter out, the former doesn't matter.
