"The artist is obliged to invent the self who will paint his pictures."

-- Harold Rosenberg

#Artist Quotes #Self Quotes #Paint Quotes

“Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace.”
“Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our ancestors did or suffered. We are supposed to be judged as individuals, based on what we are able to achieve.”

Source : "Preparing Our Country for the 21st Century: The Official Transcript of the United We Stand America Conference". Book by United We Stand America Inc., November, 1995.
“I strive to express the spiritual nature of the Universe. Painting for me is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.”
“I wear clothes and sell products and ideas.”

Source : Dazed interview, www.dazeddigital.com.
“I'm looking at some comedic horror films because I have often been accused of being too dark. I'm not dark, not compared with 'Saw' or anything like that. So I'm looking at live-action horror films, but not slasher ones - ones that have humor and maybe some social satire.”

Source : "Siggraph: Henry Selick Wants to Make Comedic, Live-Action Horror Films" by Carolyn Giardina, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.
“One of the reasons the United States has actually been reducing its emissions in recent years is actually that there's been a boom in natural gas. It's displacing coal. It emits less carbon dioxide when you burn it. This is not really an Obama policy. It's just something that happened because of technology and the free market.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Unwarrantable installment buying is a pit into which those who covet fall.”

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