Jeff Koons Quotes

A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in a box - to say, 'Oh, since this work deals with surface desires at times, this is about consumerism.' And of course, the base of the work is... not about economics at all.

Jeff Koons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 21, 1955

Topics

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Ever since I was 7 years old, I was writing. I remember being in the basement of my house, this dank, horrible basement, putting on plays with not-very-willing participants, and I would promise kids in the neighborhood that I'd play Nintendo 64 with them after we'd rehearse this stupid play that I wrote.

John Francis Daley

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Sibling relationships have been underemphasised in learning about child development.

Robert J. Waldinger

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When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

Matt Cameron

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Patience is weapon. I learned that from my Laker days.

Metta World Peace

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It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

Sonia Sotomayor

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I thought food and drink were just part of the perks of living at the White House. The next day, I got a call from his secretary saying my dad wanted to see me in the Oval Office, and when I got there, dad was waving this little pink receipt. I didn't know it came out of his salary.

Steven Ford

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The lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.

Tom Hardy

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There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.

Judith Butler

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There's the bond of a connection and the bond of bondage... When you are connected to somebody, everything each one does affects the other, and it's a kind of bondage. You're not as free as you would be if that person wasn't in your life.

Deborah Tannen

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But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes.

Delta Burke

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I studied religions and all kinds of other things in college. I took a Shakespearean villain course for English literature. It was really intense. I think that sort of rounds a person. In this business, it's really important for us to be interesting... and have interests.

Chris Wood

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We saw the integration of the female pilots in the Navy, in combat roles, and the resistance there in the beginning.

Brandon Webb

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