William-Adolphe Bouguereau Quotes
For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif.
Quotes to Explore
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The love of Louis XVI for mechanical works is well known. He had a little workshop at Versailles where he amused himself making locks, assisted by Francois Gamain, to whom he was much attached and with whom he spent many hours in projecting and executing mechanical contrivances.
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'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.
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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
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I love 'Glee' so much. It just works - it's on the edge of ridiculous.
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
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I love it when people travel to see one of my works, and I always make time to meet and talk with them.
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On the landscape crew, I learned a lot from the other workers. We treated everybody equally, and we worked hard.
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I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me.
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Someone once told me that if you respect a person, listen to their opinion. And if you do not respect someone, then do not listen to their opinion. And that works both ways.
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Don't get me wrong: I love a massive show with dancers and the works, and I love Zumba! But I just want there to be more people who just sing.
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The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche.
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There's various scenarios and interpretations about that urgency. I think first we have to get the facts. There are too many interpretations of the facts, and those scenarios could change based on the variables incorporated in those projections.
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We'll see what's out there. We've evaluated a lot of players. We'll see how it all works out here.
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Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.
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The whole purpose of working is to support your ideal lifestyle.
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The way the media cycle works, the way the news works, and the way people's attention span works, is that we only learn that people exist when there is crisis.
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We built everything - toilets included. I think those islands in the middle of nowhere are quite poetic. It's kind of an Oriental Atlantis.
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It's not ideal to have three films coming out at once.
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Having lots of people talking highly of you and respecting your art and your work, this is one of the best feelings that you can have.
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People recite lines to me all the time, anywhere I get recognized.
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Too many rules will stifle innovation.
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For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif.
