"When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive."

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Source : Kirk Varnedoe, Jasper Johns (1996). “Jasper Johns: A Retrospective”

Jasper Johns

#Alive Quotes #Treats Quotes #Awake Quotes

“Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.”
“The whole body-mind thing comes into play, when you are feeling that self-doubt and your body is not going to help you if you're not paying attention. Your body's going to go with the self-doubt and make you feel worse, so by making the adjustments - pulling your shoulders back, standing up straight, walking in a more sort of expansive way - all sorts of little things will help pull you out of that self-doubt.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.”
“In designing Supergirl, I wanted to embrace the past but more importantly, thrust her into the street-style action hero of today,”
“Because of her, he had learned to look for the birds - the darting flight of wild canaries (yellow sun on yellow wings), the chesty preening of redbirds and bluebirds, the blackbird with the red-tipped wings like startling epaulets.”
“I'm willing to be misunderstood. I've never had a problem being misunderstood by a portion of people on any particular issue if it makes for that much more of a special experience for those who understand.”
“I guess there's just a part of me that's not very enthusiastic about finding myself ten years from now halfway through a story that may or may not be any good.”

Source : Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.
“Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.”

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