Jimi Hendrix Quotes
The smiling portrait of you is still hanging on my frowning wall.Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Quotes to Explore
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
Otto Dix -
The portrait I do best is of the person I know best.
Nadar -
I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney.
Wavy Gravy -
I first thought about doing a project about Anna Wintour and 'Vogue' when I read an article in 'New York Magazine' about the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball, the annual fundraising gala that Anna oversees. It created such a fascinating portrait that I couldn't help but be compelled.
R. J. Cutler -
'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.
Walton Goggins -
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Samuel Johnson
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For me, an aerial picture is no different than a close-up portrait. It's a question of framing and angle. Helicopters are great for that. But I've also used planes. Of course, I always have a harness.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
I will never, for the future, paint the portrait of a tyrant until his head lies before me on the scaffold.
Jacques-Louis David -
A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were.
Philippe Halsman -
Such power!" Adelaida cried all at once, peering greedily at the portrait over her sister's shoulder. "Where? What power?" Lizaveta Prokofyevna asked sharply. "Such beauty has power," Adelaida said hotly. "You can overturn the world with such beauty.
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
We don't have to live up to the expectations of others. Passion is personal. As long as our passion is fueled with the right stuff then keep on plodding forward. I'll never be Mark Twain or Tom Clancy. But that's okay, because neither of them could teach you to mix a boundless number of grays, or where to place the catch light in a portrait.
Jack White The White Stripes -
Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.
Emily Dickinson
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Every single person is unlike anyone else. Therefore, in creating a portrait of someone... we must look carefully to catch that particular unique quality. In fact, we can neglect nothing because everything we select or do sends a message to the observer...
Alton Tobey -
The portrait in his, and he's walking out of the house he was born in with blood on his hands and his head held high and his mother's face on his back, his own inalienable albatross, for all the world to see.
Ann Scott -
We hear a lot in this country about family, and 'American Family' just shows us a portrait we haven't seen as much of yet. 'American Family' lets us know that being American isn't about the color of your hair or eyes or skin: it's really a state of mind.
Esai Morales -
The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.
Gary Clark Jr. -
It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
Valentino Rossi -
I'm friends with Dierks Bentley. Aside from that, I don't really know anybody else in the country music field, really. I've met the Lady Antebellum people and I met Marty Stuart briefly once. He's really nice, but I don't know any of them, really.
Patrick Carney The Black Keys
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
Maggie Smith -
I'm not very good at vacationing or relaxing or planning any of that for myself. So I'm in the habit of piggy-backing off of gigs and deciding to stay an extra day.
Verite -
I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
Taylor Schilling -
The smiling portrait of you is still hanging on my frowning wall.
Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience