"It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise."

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Source : "Peter Doig: the art of the foreign". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2013.

Peter Doig

#Thinking Quotes #Painting Quotes #Elsewhere Quotes

“The answer to crime is not gun control, it is law enforcement and self-control.”

Source : Second Debate between Alan Keyes & Barack Obama, votesmart.org. October 21, 2004.
“The Christian Sunday should be a festival, gathering up all the life of the week and offering it to God in worship and then spending the day in a way which most truly promotes joy and happiness and refreshment for oneself and for other people.”
“I'm a guy who comes from a small town in the Midwest. It's not in my nature to say the most explicit things in public.”
“It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.”
“I'll be there for ya, girl. No matter what. Beck took a deep breath and released it slowly. He had to stay strong for her, make the tough decisions. It was best that Paul's daughter never know how he felt about her. There'd be less hurt that way, for both of them. Just keep her safe, God. I can settle for that.”
“The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.”
“It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.”
“Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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