Chantal Joffe Quotes
I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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When my wife passed, I stopped doing interviews and I stopped doing meet-and-greets, mostly because I sort of became this suicide ambassador. Everybody wanted to tell me their story.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
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Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to.
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Paint the essential character of things.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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I just got really into this one girl on Instagram and had her paint little pineapples on my nails during shooting.
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Painters should shut up and paint and when we stop painting we should dance or have sex or get a massage or take a shower and we shouldn't be talking about painting.
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No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them.
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Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.
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The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
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I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.
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I was free always. I could work without the money, to film this and that. But this is another point, because now I'm alone, and I can just use it when I want. I think the digital cameras have changed my view. Even though sometimes, including the installations that I show, I mix 35mm filming and video handmade.
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My dreams never died, they just changed. I still have dreams every day.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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When I was a teenager, I worked in New Orleans for a chef named Paul Prudhomme. That was a very important time in my life as a chef. I developed my palate and learned a lot. And here I am now. I specialize in modern Mexican and contemporary Latin cuisines.
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If I'm in a city I haven't been in before, I believe if I go into a church and ask a favor, it will be granted. It's part of my belief, and that's what I do.
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One's ships come in over a calm sea.
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I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.
