Jeffrey Smart famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I find myself moved by man in his new violent environment. I want to paint this explicitly and beautifully.
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I like living in the 20th century... to me the world has never been more beautiful. I am trying to paint the real world I live in, as beautifully as I can with my own eyes.
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I feel it's just some sort of game if it's just abstract.
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Sometimes I'll drive around for months despair, nothing, nothing, then suddenly I will see something that seizes me... a shape, a combination of shapes, a play of light or shadows and I send up a prayer because I know I have the germ of a picture.
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Painting is a form of incarnation. It is spirit made manifest in the world.
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Everybody gets inspired. We all have these moments. It just depends on whether you've got the ability to seize it.
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.
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Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
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OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.
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I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.
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Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion
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