Yoon Ahn Quotes
We don't have a jewellery background, so we just come up with these things that we wanna wear, that we wish were out there, you know?
Quotes to Explore
-
Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
-
If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
-
This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
-
It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
-
There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
-
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
-
I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
-
I voted for you during your last election.
-
People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
-
If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
-
I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
-
Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
-
All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.
-
Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
-
A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
-
You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
-
Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.
-
I get really nervous when people are like, 'I saw you in a trailer! I saw you on TV!' Genuinely, my cheeks get red.
-
I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.
-
I got into Goldman really by acquisition because I had gone - I grew up in east New York in the Linden Projects - I did go to fancy schools, but my resume wasn't up to a Wall Street set of resumes. I went to college. I went to law school and practiced for a while.
-
The only thing I have retained from my upbringing - I did not retain the religious element - is the idea that you do not do things for money.
-
My aunts still try to fatten me up.
-
For me, couture is like 35 mm. film. It's so important we school ourselves to see real quality. In a couture garment, as in a 35 mm. film, you really feel the life of the people who made it. In high-street fashion, it's different. There's no risk.
-
We don't have a jewellery background, so we just come up with these things that we wanna wear, that we wish were out there, you know?
