"I'd always maintained an image so that people wouldn't approach me."

-- John Lurie

#People Quotes #Approach Quotes

“Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.”
“I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation.”

Source : "Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.
“When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.”
“It's all just fictions anyway. We do what we do and then we make up reasons for it afterward but they're never the true reasons, the truth is always just out of reach.”
“â€žEveryone wants to believe that thereâ€™s something else â€“ something great â€“ waiting for them on the other side. Paradise. Valhalla. Heaven. Their next â€“ hopefully less horrible â€“ life.”
“You only grow when you are alone.”
“I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.”
“Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”

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