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“The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful.”
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“What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.”
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“You can't get angry with a horse. They will get angry and frisky with you.”
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“When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years; when I was 40, nobody wanted me; I couldn't get a job.”
Source : "'Gandhi' Is Winner Of Eight Academy Awards" by Aljean Harmetz, www.nytimes.com. April 12, 1983. 
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“Trying to impress people who hate you is just a big waste of time.”
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“In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.”
Source : "Portrait of Manet by himself and his contemporaries". Book edited by Pierre Courthion, p. 98, 1960.
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“I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.”
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“I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects, conservationists, curators, client, politicians, the media, and the public. Discussions, even when difficult, were always about ideas. Ideas matter to Germans. They're a reflective people. That's attractive.”
Source : "David Chipperfield Talks Architecture and Luxury". Interview with Jonatahan Glancey, www.architecturaldigest.com. January 31, 2013.
