"When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway?"

-- Henry Flynt

#New York Quotes #Insecure Quotes #Artist Quotes

“The honours system gets to grade people. Graded grains make finer rice.”

Source : "Sir Humphrey Reveals His Dusty Springfield Side" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2004.
“The guitar is of no great importance to me. The people it brings to me are what matter. They are what I'm extremely grateful for, because they are alive. The guitar is just an apparatus.”
“The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet.”
“I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'd been collecting different ethnic instruments here and there, and then I started making little bell type stuff, looking for weird little sound toys.”
“I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.”
“Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.”
“Don't take anything for granite. That's what tombstones are made of.”

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