"I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by the great master paintings... And then finally, they leap, they take off... they become themselves. Then it looks like they just came out of nowhere. Just like 'Pow!'"

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Source : Source: www.achievement.org

James Rosenquist

#Thinking Quotes #Artist Quotes #Looks Quotes

“...and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted condemnation hurled with the hope that the picture might survive through the years, with the hope that they might echo through the minds of men in the future - causing them caution and remembrance and realization.”

Source : W. Eugene Smith (1969). “W. Eugene Smith, his photographs and notes”
“Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.”
“I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.”

Source : "Oppn launches twin attempts to interrupt Parliament". "AM " with Naomi Woodley, www.abc.net.au. May 8, 2012.
“Christ will bear no equal, and Satan no superior; and therefore, hold in with both thou canst not.”
“Bad spellers of the world untie!”
“When I talk to people who feel this emptiness and lack of fulfillment, I recommend they find a source of balance in their lives. I suggest they find a way to "give back" to the world in order to feel a sense of completeness....”
“If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace.”
“When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.”

Source : "Shred on Arrival". Guitar World, November 1993.

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