"James Porter said to me once, when I was talking about painting, he said, well, that's fine, he said, but you have a good mind so you can't just be a painter; you're going to have to help define the field and keep the tradition going. And he meant walking in his footsteps in a certain way."

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Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu

David C. Driskell

#Talking Quotes #Mind Quotes #Way Quotes

“Who owns your time owns your mind. Change your time and you change your mind. Change your mind and you change your world.”
“For the past ten years I have had no financial problems.”
“Soundwaves. It’s the difference between one stillness and another stillness.”

Source : Susan Howe (2010). “That This”, p.15, New Directions Publishing
“The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.”
“There's always stories about cute girls in the gym, I'm just not one of those people.”

Source : "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.
“Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me.”
“Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.”
“Before you can get what you want, you have to know what you want,and make a game plan to get it”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 04, 2015

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