"I think it's bad for human beings to be artists. It's awful. You want to do something but you're constantly trying to decide what you want to do. Let's just say it's no place like Hawaii."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Urs Fischer

#Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I have a poorly done tribal armband that i got when i was 16, i love showing it to people because it totally sucks”
“No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can be anything but an oligarchy managed in the interest of the few. And the enlightenment must proceed in ways which force the administrative specialists to take account of the needs. The world has suffered more from leaders and authorities than from the masses. The essential need ... is the improvement of the methods and conditions of debate, discussion and persuasion. That is the problem of the public.”
“I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.”
“I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.”
“I was born a human but this was an accident of fateâ€¦since childhood Iâ€™ve been captivated by the study of robots and cyborgs. Now Iâ€™m in a position where I can actually become one.”
“When you make a movie, you just send it off into the world. You never actually live it with the crowd.”
“Marriage ... has historically been a battlefield, the site of collisions within and between governments and religions over who should regulate it. But marriage has weathered centuries of skirmishes and change. It has evolved from an institution that was imposed on some people and denied to others, to the loving union of companionship, commitment, and caring between equal partners that we think of today.”

Source : Evan Wolfson (2007). “Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“History is a big word..........History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate.”

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