George Sutherland Quotes
They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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To keep art stimulating, it's important to open it up to new horizons, which includes showing it in unexpected contexts.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
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I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.
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We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
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It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
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All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
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I'm not thinking about the next record really yet. I kind of want to do a bunch of stuff with Jonathan Zawada, the guy who did the album art. I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record.
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From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.
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I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to show themselves in my work because I hoped that if I concentrated enough the intensity of scrutiny alone would force life into the pictures. I ignored the fact that art, after all, derives from art. Now I realize that this is the case.
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When you put the subjectivity of the art together with the context of the science, you have this very powerful conjunction of opposites and together they are greater than either one could ever be.
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After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu.
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The art world is an all-volunteer force. No one has to be here if he or she doesn't want to be, and we should be associating with anyone we want to.
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There's a difference between making fun of something and having fun with something.
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I've had some good games and bad games. I think I've been putting our team in situations to win most games in the fourth quarter. That's been one of my goals. But I have to improve my play in all aspects for us to have a chance to do well in the playoffs.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.
