Matthew Barney Quotes

I've always thought of the project as a sort of sexually driven digestive system, that it was a consumer and a producer of matter. And it is desire driven, rather than driven by hunger or anything like that.

Matthew Barney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1967

Topics

ThoughtDesireMatterProjectHunger

Midnight is the time when we think, 'Well, we should probably send our last email; let me just check Facebook one more time.'

Matthew Walker

TimeMeThinkMoreEmailCheck

When Kobe talks, I shut up and stay out of his way.

Metta World Peace

WayShut UpOutUpStayShut

Shangela and I are both the type of queens who will taffy-pull 15 minutes of fame into something solid.

Trixie Mattel

FameWillSomethingSolidMinutes

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

Moliere

WorkDayBookReadingDoingWorth

Generally, I move in the direction of art.

Michael Keaton

ArtDirectionMoveGenerally

I never became a producer to go to parties or wear nice clothes or put sales figures on my Wiki page.

Diplo

ClothesGoPageNiceNeverSales

Early on, I started with classical voice and had that wonderful foundation. For where I wanted to go at that time, there were no teachers to teach it, so I came up with all kinds of different ways to develop the sound of my voice.

Dianne Reeves

TimeVoiceFoundationEarlyGoUp

Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.

Deborah Sampson

OpportunityControlWorldEnthusiasm

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

Clive Anderson

Growing UpTreesLandscapeGrowing

I'm just happy to be doing what I always wanted to do. Sometimes you have to remind yourself how privileged you are.

Colin Morgan

YourselfHappyDoingYouSometimes

The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres.

Bruno Bauer

FamilyNaturePatriotismSweetSight

We've got to get back to being the America we once were. The entrepreneurial spirit. The accountability. When a man was a man.

Todd Wilcox

ManAccountabilityAmericaBackGet

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