Siri Hustvedt Quotes

Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me.

Siri Hustvedt

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TimeMePaintingFirst TimeNever

I live a fantastic life. Why should I complain about awards?

Viola Davis

LifeLiveWhyAwardsComplainAbout

I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.

Jo Brand

PeopleMeLookingReadingThink

My uncle was skipper on the old Claymore sailing out from Oban to the Inner Hebrides. My father worked for MacBraynes all his life, on freight boats and then on ferries crossing to Skye, Barra, Uist, the small isles and Iona.

Johann Lamont

LifeFatherSmallUncleOldOut

The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon the senses, but that external causes should excite in it a new and peculiar kind of sensation different from all the sensations of our five senses.

Johannes P. Muller

PerceptionNewKindActPeculiar

My grandfather was Scottish, born in the slums of Glasgow.

Trinny Woodall

BornGrandfatherScottishSlums

During my New York run, I injured my voice badly. I was getting increasingly hoarse, and it finally gave up. The doctor said I had two choices. Either cancel things, or try my luck and perhaps never speak again. That's not much of a choice.

Trevor Noah

New YorkLuckDoctorChoicesSpeak

I try to do women's-point-of-view comedy. The joke is, 'This is what I think; there's the truth.' I try to think of stuff that's real broad, but the more personal it is, the more universal it is. All my friends go through the same stuff.

Roseanne Barr

TruthThinkComedyFriendsPersonal

To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.

Debra Messing

LifePeopleMeNothingMoreReal

For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.

Colson Whitehead

JobMeRightFictionToolOnly

We intend to try by every means in our power to seize the country and create a government without bloodshed.

Sun Yat-sen

PowerGovernmentCountryCreateTry

The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know what you stand for, no? Most people just take pictures, but they stand for nothing. They follow trends and don't know why.

Peter Lindbergh

PeopleFashionStandYouPictures

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.

Martin Freeman

BackLondonPrejudiceBeingGive

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