"I realized that was what was happening in my work already. I think that's where, as artists, we begin to master our craft: when we're able to step back and understand things."

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Kalup Linzy

#Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Crafts Quotes

“Honest listening is one of the best medicines we can offer the dying and the bereaved.”
“It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.”
“I think that the most exciting thing is to find a tool, like an art, with an opportunity to share. Real roots come from everywhere in the world. Why call is congress? Because it is a congress.”
“I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame.”
“I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.”
“I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.”
“The true gardener, like an artist, is never satisfied.”
“And all Halloween candy pales next to candy corn, if only because candy corn used to appear, like the Great Pumpkin, solely on Halloween.”

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