Jerry Saltz Quotes

You can't prove Rembrandt is better than Norman Rockwell - although if you actually do prefer Rockwell, I'd say you were shunning complexity, were secretly conservative, and hadn't really looked at either painter's work. Taste is a blood sport.

Jerry Saltz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1951

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I hated to miss games... at the height of my career, I missed a lot of games due to... just a hamstring pull. And I hated sitting out. I just hated it. You play for your team, but you also play for the people who attend the games.

Jerry West

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What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually.

Stephenie Meyer

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I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

Robbie Robertson

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White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet.

Louis Farrakhan

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I have this tremendous energy. I just loved and love life. I love it today. I never want to die.

Jayne Meadows

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We have to talk a little trash to sell fights, talk more, because we know we will profit more from that. It's important.

Jose Aldo

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I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

Chely Wright

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I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

Cliff Martinez

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It feels so good to be amongst some of the biggest legends in music - it feels quite surreal.

Anne-Marie

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An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.

Arthur Smith

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Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.

Shemar Moore

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You have to be grateful for what you have.

Lil Peep

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