"As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually I participate in all these kinds of lives."

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Source : Emil Nolde, Werner Haftmann (1959). “Emil Nolde”

Emil Nolde

#Artist Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I think true originality is perpetual. It's always rolling along. True originality is not like this award or trophy you get if you do something weird. It's with you if you have it, and it's still rolling along somewhere, you just gotta go find it. It takes time to reach that point, and understand true originality... I think we all can find it.”
“Getting anything off the ground is going to require a little bit of risk. That risk starts with sharing the idea.”
“I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.”

Source : "Ronnie's spectre". Interview With Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2006.
“If it doesn't rot, it's not real food.”
“Who doesn't have a friend who worships her lover with a passion that seems baffling to everyone that knows them? Before you met him for the first time, she'd talked him up like he was a cross between Indiana Jones, Barack Obama and The Doctor. When you finally meet him, he's a quiet little thing who looks like a baked bean in glasses, and actually says 'harumph' as spelt.”
“Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you--gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of--and I can! I'm determined to do it--and nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof--is there?”
“I look at road marathons as a totally different sport. Those guys are stupid fast. It is unbelievable. I might be a top ultrarunner, but put me in the field with those guys and I'm just another guy trying to break three hours. Road-running is far more competitive. In ultrarunning, after these long races, we all chat with each other at the end and have a beer. The camaraderie is awesome. But don't get me wrong, winning is fun.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com
“I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.”

Source : Song: Marrow, Album: Actor, 2009

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