Clyfford Still Quotes
I felt it necessary to evolve entirely new concepts (of form and space and paintings) and postulate them in an instrument that could continue to shake itself free from dialectical perversions. The dominant ones, Cubism and Expressionism, only reflected the attitudes of power or spiritual debasement of the individual.
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So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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No adultery is bloodless.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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I read mails throughout the day but answer mails more in the morning and evening.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further.
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I always think clothing is like a scrapbook: you remember all the good memories and the past times.
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It's always been a dream of mine to be Ginger Rogers or Cyd Charisse, and here I am performing alongside Robert Lindsay and being directed by a major Broadway producer. Who said dreams don't come true?
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
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I felt it necessary to evolve entirely new concepts (of form and space and paintings) and postulate them in an instrument that could continue to shake itself free from dialectical perversions. The dominant ones, Cubism and Expressionism, only reflected the attitudes of power or spiritual debasement of the individual.
