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Squeak Carnwath
"Painting, like water, takes any form. Paint is a film of pigment on a plane. It is not real in the way that gravity-bound sculpture is real. It is, however, real." --
Source : Squeak Carnwath, John Berggruen Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.) (1994). “Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery”
Squeak Carnwath
#Real Quotes
#Water Quotes
#Sculpture Quotes
“I think, actually, everyone starts out with some strange in them. It's just whether or not you decide to keep it.”
Source : Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.117, Faber & Faber
“My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.”
“If you want to feel secure, do what you already know how to do. If you want to be a true professional and continue to grow... Go to the cutting edge of your competency, which means a temporary loss of security. So whenever you don't quite know what you're doing, know you're growing.”
“One does not simply tell an archangel they have devoted their life to a folly.”
“The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.”
“...Iknow the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense of self-worth are limited and, not only underdeveloped, but in most cases not developed at all--because no one thinks that a housewife, or a mother, or a typist has anything to develop.”
“The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.”
“The passing of the years awakens in our hearts the cry for permanence.”
