"[My early performance work] started by being the activity of a person, any person, like any other - but once that person became photographed it became a specialized person, the object of a personality cult."

-- Vito Acconci

#Personality Quotes #Cult Quotes #Performances Quotes

“Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.”
“Something I still work on today is ankle flexionâ€”ankle pressure in your boots. There is no way to turn or have your skis carve unless youâ€™re going down the hill leaning forward, and that puts you in a good athletic position to do whatever you want to do on your skisâ€”make quick turns, make long turns, or absorb bumps.”
“In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.”
“There is likewise a reward for faithful silence. [Lat., Est et fideli tuta silentio merces.]”
“If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.”
“The bottom line is, I'm blessed with good health. On top of that, I don't go around thinking 'Oh, I'm 90, I better do this or I better do that.' I'm just Betty. I'm the same Betty that I've always been. Take it or leave it.”
“No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.”
“To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and has been for at least a hundred and fifty years.”

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