Jessica Stockholder famous quotes

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  • When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.

  • It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

  • The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.

  • The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.

  • One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.

  • I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.

  • I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.

  • I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

  • The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the press and camera will report their exact dimensions.

  • Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.