"Perhaps the people I choose to paint are often objects of derision celebrity is a bit of a put-down term, isn't it? But to me they are my world."

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Source : "Completing my new show was the only thing that saved me from suicide" by Hermione Eyre, The Independent, July 15, 2007.

Stella Vine

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Paint Quotes

“The soldiers of Saddam Hussein have given them a lesson they will never forget”
“I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don't get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is a sport. Sport is when individuals or teams compete against each other under equal circumstances to determine who is better at a given game or endeavor. Hunting will be a sport when deer, elk, bears, and ducks are... given 12-gauge shotguns. Bet we'd see a lot fewer drunk yahoos (live ones, anyway) in the woods if that happened.”
“Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.”
“In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy”

Source : "In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy", www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2014.
“Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.”
“I enjoyed The Mirage by M. Ruff. I'm reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Princess Of Mars right and loving it.”
“I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.”

Source : "Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy" by Dalya Alberge, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2011.

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