"My work is more driven by the creative word. It's immersed in other writing and printed work, rather than drawn so much from life or past experience."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Raymond Pettibon

#Writing Quotes #Past Quotes #Creative Quotes

“When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.”
“The transition to a low-carbon economy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. This plan sets out a route-map for the UK's transition from here to 2020...every business, every community will need to be involved. Together we can create a more secure, more prosperous low carbon Britain and a world which is sustainable for future generations.”
“As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.”

Source : John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.24, Simon and Schuster
“How sickly grow, How pale, the plants in those ill-fated vales That, circled round with the gigantic heap Of mountains, never felt, nor ever hope To feel, the genial vigor of the sun!”

Source : John Armstrong, John Aikin, William Andrus Alcott (1838). “The Art of Preserving Health: A Poem, in Four Books”, p.46
“I think that it drives from an emotional connection with everybody that pulls you through all of those events, whether it's the events or what would be more the action, or I guess the visual effects side of it. So it always starts with me from - emotionally - 'Why do you care about the people who are going through what they're going through?' Because it takes a hell of a lot to put them through that. So you better care for them when they're doing it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
“Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.”
“The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.”

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