"I did all the stuff that people do - film, performance, photography, pictures and words, words and pictures. In retrospect, I was trying to find some way to put things - meaning images and forms - together that highlighted some idea of what was underneath the surface of an image, what determined how something was seen."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

David Salle

#Photography Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“On the set you just have to listen very closely, listen to everyone around you, absorb everything and try to be what they want you to be with the little bitty line that you'd have to say. If it was a good line, it would be such fun to say it with vigor.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up.”
“Sean Carter is nice but Sean Price is the best”
“An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.”
“Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?”
“There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.”
“If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.”
“If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head.”

Source : Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 9, 2012.

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