Adam Clayton Quotes
The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.
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I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
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I've found that musical theater is my passion.
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The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
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I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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They're not poodles, they're art.
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I have both joyful and heartbreaking moments in life, even now. Stardom doesn't give us everything.
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My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
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My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.
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After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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I love to work in all sorts of different situations.
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For some, Into The Gloss is just a blog, and that's cool. For us, it's the connective tissue between us and you, and that has paved the way for the creation of a very different kind of beauty brand: Glossier.
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The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in 'Blood Bound' and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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Conceit is God's gift to little men.
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I've always been fascinated by memory and dreams because they are both completely our own. No one else has the same memories. No one has the same dreams.
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The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.
