Dan Flavin Quotes
I like my use of light to be openly situational in the sense that there is no invitation to meditate, to contemplate.
Quotes to Explore
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Experts are able to identify patterns related to a specific problem relevant to their area of knowledge. But because nonexperts lack that base of knowledge, they are forced to rely more on their brain's ability for abstraction rather than specificity.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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I've tried to work really hard on never phoning in the lyrics.
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Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
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I'm very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
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I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.'
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?
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You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.
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When I was pregnant, I was like, 'I'm pregnant, so I'm allowed to eat everything: bagels with cream cheese for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and I can have pizza for dessert.'
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The atheist market is a very overlooked and powerful market, it turns out.
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Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.
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But how shall we educate men to goodness, to a sense of one another, to a love of truth? And more urgently, how shall we do this in a bad time?
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We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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I just want to get my voice heard again and to allow people to know me outside of a group situation. I also want young girls who look up to me to know not to give up, even when people try and take you away from your destiny.
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When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of opening up the part of the brain that makes poems. If I'm successful in this part of the process I'm often not. If my mind gets too lazy it will linger in familiar boring territory, it's like my mind can stroke the physical world.
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I like my use of light to be openly situational in the sense that there is no invitation to meditate, to contemplate.
