Mickalene Thomas Quotes

The mirror is a powerful tool because it forces you to deal with yourself on a deeper level. Conceptually, paintings are like mirrors. They're an expression from the artist: 'This is how I view the world - I'm presenting it to you.'

Mickalene Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 28, 1971

Topics

MirrorYourselfWorldViewPowerful

It's been the structure of my life: you scheme and plan and try and fail and try again and accumulate and lose and win back, and then you tell.

Jerry Weintraub

LifeWinMy LifePlanYouLose

I have this theory that alpha males are actually not alpha males. They're actually very scared - particularly scared of competition from a lot of men.

Joel Edgerton

MenCompetitionAlphaScaredTheory

I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

Andre Previn

MusicExperiencePerformanceBetter

Either we want to have segregation or integration. And if we don't want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you're only awarded if you're black.

Stacey Dash

BlackYouWantAwardsNeedChannels

Working on newspapers, you're writing to a certain length, often very brief pieces; you tend to look for easy forms of humor - women can't drive, things like that. That's about the level of a lot of newspaper humor. It becomes a form of laziness.

Tom Wolfe

WomenHumorWritingDriveYouLook

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy.

Michael Pollan

FoodPlantsShortToo MuchHealthy

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

Lucinda Williams

NightPlayRatherThanFewNights

I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.

Josh Radnor

GoodMeReadingThinkYouDown

It's a really deep and layered psychological situation - making music with someone - if they're trying to make something real and personal. It's almost like dating: you allow yourself to be consumed by the other - not in a bad way, but in a way that happens in nature.

Arca

NatureMusicYourselfDatingDeep

Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these things.

William Kamkwamba

PowerWaterLongEarthAfricaClean

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

Paul Weller

PoliticsWritingSoundWriteSame

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

Tim Robbins

SportsPeaceSports FanFanMarches

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