Lucille Clifton Quotes
don’t write out of what I know; I write out of what I wonder. I think most artists create art in order to explore, not to give the answers. Poetry and art are not about answers to me; they are about questions.
Quotes to Explore
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?
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It may be something to do with my having been to a girls' school, but I'm far more comfortable making male friendships than female ones. My friends tend to be men and their significant others.
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don’t write out of what I know; I write out of what I wonder. I think most artists create art in order to explore, not to give the answers. Poetry and art are not about answers to me; they are about questions.
