"I really don't have that much interest in stardom."

-- Tom Verlaine

#Interest Quotes #Stardom Quotes

“Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas.”

Source : Arshile Gorky (2005). “Նամակներ”
“In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.”
“As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.”

Source : Speech to the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce (12 January 1938), as quoted in "The Last Three Miles : Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway" by Steven Hart, (p. 137), 2007.
“Nothing that doesnâ€™t push you past your limits can change your life. Itâ€™s true of work, itâ€™s true of parenting, and itâ€™s true â€” a hundred times over â€” of love.”
“I must consider the organizer as more important than the discoverer.”
“I think my function working in China is to bring my experience and what we've gone through in the Hong Kong industry to China. I hope there'll be more and more new Chinese companies with vision, that understand producing and film financing. My plan for the future is to work with as many new companies as possible, to pass on my experience as to what is commercial film.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“Honesty can be a dirty gift.”

Source : Colin Cotterill (2014). “Thirty-Three Teeth”, p.51, Open Road Media
“And remember, the people that you've seen here tonight are professionals, so please don't try any of this at home, because you are ugly and hung like a hampster.”

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