"Willem de Kooning paintings are a language to be learned. When they were first shown, they were ridiculed as being just drips and splatters and splashes. You had to learn how to read them."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Glenn Ligon

#Painting Quotes #Language Quotes

“You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.”
“The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns.”

Source : James H. Austin (1999). “Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness”, p.9, MIT Press
“It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.”
“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
“It doesnâ€™t honor God to pretend everything is OK. Thatâ€™s the beauty of Jesus that so many people miss. The beauty is that he died on the cross for our sins, but also that he existed the way we exist.”
“I never went to church as a child. I did not .”
“If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must] reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.”

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