H. R. Giger Quotes

Swiss - Artist | February 5, 1940 - May 12, 2014

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

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I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything.

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MotherMeHelpSheEverything

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

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BeautyHopeYouLookKindSomewhere

Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future.

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FutureTogetherPeopleIdeasWorld

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

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WorkDeathPeopleThinkSayStrange

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

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MyselfCuriousMysteryYouKnowWhy

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.

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WorkUpside DownDownNeverOut

I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.

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TravelYouGoHollywoodSuccessful

I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know?

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MeKnowTellWouldSomebodyHow

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.

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PainTalentYouGroundGetDiscover

You know, I said I have this problem that I need to more carefully read Akron's text because it's too much, too much fantasy, and so I am busy with other stuff - it's funny, it's nice to hear that someone is studying that carefully and now I know a little bit more about that.

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