"A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it"

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Source : The ART21 Interview, art21.org. September, 2003.

Matthew Barney

#Character Quotes #Ego Quotes #Way Quotes

“My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight management and weight maintenance and for cooking.”
“I don't feel the need to prove myself to others, but to prove myself to myself”
“With great victory comes great sacrifice.”
“Looks like he's dressed for court.”
“Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify.”
“The most beautiful things in the creating of the child are his "mistakes." The more a child's work is full of these individual mistakes the more wonderful it is. And the more a teacher removes them from the child's work the duller, more desolate and impersonal it becomes.”
“I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better.”
“Sometimes people have a difficult time understanding my English.”

Source : "As always, Julio Iglesias speaks the language … of love". Interview with John Katsilometes, lasvegassun.com. January 13, 2011.

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