"Every day I have to be awake to escape.. ..The whole world is sleepy. It is a real fight to be awake, to see everything new, for the first time in your life."

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Source : "Karel Appel - the complete sculptures". Book edited by Harry de Visser and Roland Hagenberg, Edition Lafayette, New York, 'The eye of the beholder', 1990.

Karel Appel

#Real Quotes #Fighting Quotes #World Quotes

“I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.”
“Always stay true to your nature. Anything that you are being hired for in any aspect of life whether it is a banking job, acting directing, whatever it is you have to stay true to who you are because they hired you to do what you do.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.”

Source : "How your neighborhood coffee shop is brewing geniuses". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. January 21, 2016.
“Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting”
“There are stages in bread-making quite similar to the stages of writing. You begin with something shapeless, which sticks to your fingers, a kind of paste. Gradually that paste becomes more and more firm. Then there comes a point when it turns rubbery. Finally, you sense that the yeast has begun to do its work: the dough is alive. Then all you have to do is let it rest. But in the case of a book the work may take ten years.”
“I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist.”
“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

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