"He was, as Billy Name said in the acclaimed Ric Burns documentary about Andy Warhol, uninterested in being a second-tier artist. He was uninterested in being a first-tier artist! He wanted to be, you know, a god. Someone who completely changed the...he wanted to be Zeus with the lightning bolt and nothing less would have satisfied him."

--

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Bob Colacello

#Artist Quotes #Names Quotes #Lightning Quotes

“I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.”
“The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.”
“I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.”
“Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.”
“Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two.”

Source : Maria MONK, William MONK (pseud?.), Rev. J. J. SLOCUM (1837). “Awful Disclosures ... Second edition, revised by the Rev. J. J. Slocum”, p.60
“I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world. May your villages remain ignorant of tax collectors, and may your sons be many and ugly and strong and willing workers, and may your daughters be few and beautiful and excellent providers of love gifts from eminent families that live very far away, and may your lives be blessed by the beauty that has touched mine. Farewell.”
“Going to school is an everyday process; it isn't something we accomplish and are all done with.”
“I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past is more present than the here and now. And there is not much percentage in the future.”

Source : "Family Matters". Book by Rohinton Mistry, 2002.

You may also like:

Candy Darling
Film actress
Chris Stein
Guitarist
Diana Vreeland
Editor
Jackie Collins
Novelist
Jacqueline Susann
Novelist
Norman Parkinson
Photographer
Ross Bleckner
Artist
Tatjana Patitz
Fashion model
China Machado
Fashion Model