"The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful."

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Source : Interview with Helmut Sorge, 2006.

Gottfried Helnwein

#Beautiful Quotes #Believe Quotes #Saws Quotes

“Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do.”
“You can't have community as an add-on to a monetized life. You have to actually need each other.”
“Life's too short to be an asshole, as an employer or as an employee.”
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love.”
“I don't know if I have a voice of my own. I don't see me being an important person with something to say. I haven't. I've got nothing to say. My opinion is of no consequence or value.”
“I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.”
“No, I had never intentionally caused anyone physical pain, but I had hurt Ian deeply enough just by hurting myself. Human lives were so impossibly tangled. What a mess.”
“When you're a little bit dumb and naive things get done that no one believed could be done.”

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