"Believing that navel-gazing in and of itself can transform itself into something that means something for society. I mean, we are communicative creatures. We desire to sort of understand each other's experiences and points of view. Storytelling is what painting, literature, filmmaking is all about."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes #Views Quotes

“To justify our likes and dislikes, we generally say that the work we dislike is not serious.”

Source : Walter Sickert, Anna Gruetzner Robins (2003). “Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art”, p.217, Oxford University Press on Demand
“Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship!”

Source : 1592 Strange News of the Intercepting Certain Letters.
“Knowledge without wisdom is double folly.”
“People want you to be ordinary. They don't like it when people are different. They don't like it when a man soars over their heads while they stand in the dirt. People hate you when you're special; it reminds them of everything that they aren't”

Source : Robert Crais (2003). “The Last Detective: A Novel”, p.129, Doubleday
“Not only do we end up with a vivid, surprising and soulful sense of one artist and his work, but Leigh also offers us a commanding view of a city, London, and country at the dawn of the modern age and of a man being overawed and overtaken by new technologies such as photography and the railways. As ever with Leigh, 'Mr Turner' addresses the big questions with small moments. It's an extraordinary film, all at once strange, entertaining, thoughtful and exciting.”
“A lot of pictures of yourself - you know, it's a little narcissistic.”
“I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever.”
“Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.”

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