Bram van Velde Quotes

Painting is so stupid, so simple. I paint to get out of the through. I paint my misery.

Bram van Velde

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• Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Place
  • Sides
  • Release

• When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

  

  Beck
  • Time
  • Work
  • Long

• I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • Parents
  • Question
  • Teacher

• We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Think
  • Want
  • Cloud

• Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops.

  

  Langhorne Slim
  • House
  • New York
  • Living

• Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself. I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette, but if I do, then within that, I can be creative.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Long
  • Yourself
  • Creative

• So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.

  

  Pat Boone
  • Four
  • Daughters
  • Five

• Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.

  

  Dane Cook
  • Best
  • Effort
  • Red

• Then there are the 22 million Americans on food stamps. And of course there are the 39 million greedy geezers collecting Social Security. The greatest generation rewarded itself with a pretty big meal.

  

  Ann Coulter
  • Pretty
  • Food

• Growing up in a Mennonite background, there's not much media.

  

  David A. R. White
  • Up
  • Growing

• Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.

  

  Jamie Dornan
  • Work
  • Gym

• The TV industry is a corporate world. People come, people go. They leave for growth, money, and many other reasons.

  

  Pratyusha Banerjee
  • People
  • World
  • Money

• I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.

  

  Lleyton Hewitt
  • Time
  • Long

• We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past.

  

  Douglas Hurd
  • History
  • Past

• The integration of exponentially growing technologies is beginning to empower the patient, enable the doctor, enhance wellness and begin to cure the well before they get sick.

  

  Daniel Kraft
  • Growing
  • Beginning
  • Sick

• Mike Pence doesn't stand for anything that I really believe in.

  

  Adam Rippon
  • Believe

• I really can't imagine not singing again.

  

  Shania Twain
  • Singing

• You have someone like Colin or many of the other athletes who have knelt, especially athletes of colour, and if you're not respecting what they're saying, if you're not believing their charges of police brutality or racial inequality, you're saying that they're lying.

  

  Megan Rapinoe
  • Police

• Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Up
  • Painting
  • Look

• The thing that bums me out about 'The Real World' is I don't want to believe that teenagers are that stupid.

  

  Kathy Griffin
  • World
  • Believe
  • Real

• I can tell you that once upon a time when I was doing public events people would ask me, 'What do you think about the arts?, What do you think of the role of women?, What do you think of men?, What do you think of all of these things?', and now they ask one thing, and that one thing is this, 'Is there hope?'

  

  Margaret Atwood
  • People
  • Time
  • Men

• Lovers re-create the world.

  

  Carter Heyward
  • World
  • Lovers

• Painting is so stupid, so simple. I paint to get out of the through. I paint my misery.

  

  Bram van Velde
  • Painting
  • Stupid
  • Misery