"The artist has to be a guardian of the culture."

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Robert Longo

#Artist Quotes #Culture Quotes #Guardian Quotes

“I have always admired the way women put outfits together.”
“Australia is the most isolated continent.”
“Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching.”
“Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of us to the top of our peer group. The BID period has also seen Kingston rise to 12th place according to Experian, and 13th place according to the Javelin Venuescore, in their respective retail super leagues of UK town and city centres. I am confident the platform that our BID provides will allow us to continue to maintain Kingston as the place that people love to shop and visit.”
“The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier.”
“I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.”
“Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the nature of the human psyche. Yes, maybe. But basically we just want to put on a frock and dance.”

Source : "Firth: 'All Actors Are Drag Queens'" by wenn.com, July 21, 2008.
“Maybe the true purpose of my life is for my body, my sensations and my thoughts to become writing, in other words, something intelligible and universal, causing my existence to merge into the lives and heads of other people.”

Source : Annie Ernaux (2011). “Happening”, p.92, Seven Stories Press

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