Bette Davis Quotes
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
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Repetition creates pattern. If I have a hundred of these, a hundred of those, it doesn't make any difference what these and those are. If I can repeat anything, I have the possibility of a pattern from hickory nuts and chicken eggs, shards of glass, branches. It doesn't make any difference.
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I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.
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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
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We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
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Gucci Mane is my favorite artist.
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The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
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Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality.
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Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.
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I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.
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I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.
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The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?
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As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
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When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I really want to come out as an artist because I want people to see who I really am... artistically, I tend to be drawn to the darker things. What the music will be able to do is show people that I am an adult now.
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But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.
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I'm interested in doing everything and anything that I can to squeeze that creativity out of my brain. I guess I'm sort of a performance rat.
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I've been through plenty in my life where I've really had to focus on the day ahead... because, as I know, the future is, you know, whatever the future is... Once you've stared mortality that hard in the face, you really seize the day.
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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
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Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance not only for their expression but also for the organization of people and forces to bring about the acceptance of the dissenter's claim....We have alternatives to violence.
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
