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Max Beckmann Quotes

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: german
Birth: February 12, 1884 - December 28, 1950

Topics

Art Creative Play Amusement Sake

I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me.

Failure Past Me Write Fail Sense

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them.

Jessica Brown Findlay

You Reason Move Skirts Far Very

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.

Words Language Easy Perfect Because

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

Art Myself I Am Looking Way Always

I did Playboy. There was an ad in the paper for playmates. Playboy called me and flew me to Los Angeles, and I was on the March cover of 1992.

Anna Nicole Smith

Me Los Angeles March Paper Cover Ad

If you live in a democracy, it's very tiring to be always surrounded by great and high abstract generalisations which are, in fact, the most banal and naive cliches dug out of second-rate movements of the late 19th century.

John Ralston Saul

Live Great Democracy You Late Naive

I speak from a black woman's perspective, and that's a specific perspective, but sometimes there are things I want to be understood by folks who may not have an entryway into that concept, so I have to think about how I can open the space to bring those people in. And that does require balance.

Perspective Woman Balance Space

Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

Faith Government Building Fast New

People say you become more cynical as you get older. That hasn't been my experience.

Experience People You Say Become

The fitness industry has long thrived off the well-intended coming through their doors and signing up with dreams of self-improvement, only to fade into their couches. Those who stick with it often feel like hamsters on treadmills.

Dreams Fitness Feel Doors Long Fade

Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.

People Legends Wear Astronauts Just

I treat my wife very differently than I treat my chums and my pals. I wouldn't worry about calling them on Valentine's Day, opening the door for them, or making sure they were OK.

Valentine's Day Day Wife Door Treat

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