"Artists who believe they control everything control what they know. Artists who allow outside forces to intervene are like canoes going down rapids. The rocks are there. If you fight them, you fly off the bow. If you allow the current to take you, you can pass through swimmingly. It is a rare gift at every bend."

-- Arno Hintjens

#Believe Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Artist Quotes

“I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.”
“I listen a lot to my own music when I'm in the process of making it. In the car, in the kitchen while making food, on my iPod when I go shopping, etc. I listen to it as much as possible, and if I get tired of listening to it, it's not good enough, and I leave it unreleased.”

Source : Interview with Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. September 29, 2008.
“Beauty is not everything!”

Source : Interview with John Garcia, thecolumnonline.com.
“The only pertinent political question in relation to an identity [or its photograph] is not Is it really coherent? but What does it actually achieve?”
“That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp. What else could there possibly be to life? Eating was a thrill. Pissing was a treat. Shitting was a joy. And licking your own balls? Bliss. And everywhere you went were gullible humans who patted and hugged and fussed over you.”
“I feel like I could run for President. People often laugh, but if I set my mind to it, within the next 15 years I could be in the White House.”
“The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.”
“Silence is refreshment for the soul.”

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