Lucian Freud Quotes

You ask why I'm fascinated by the human figure? As a human animal, I am interested in some of my fellow animals: in their minds and bodies.

Lucian Freud

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 8, 1922 - July 20, 2011

Topics

I AmAnimalYouAnimalsWhyMinds

If you're trying to do multiple agendas, you'll confuse yourself as a storyteller. If you have one purpose, everything else will fall into place.

Andrew Stanton

PurposeYourselfTryingYouFall

I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court.

Andy Roddick

PerspectiveThinkTennisAlwaysWins

I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important.

Tony Goldwyn

GoodWritingThinkDoingLongWant

I really enjoyed doing the voice of Nose Marie on the cartoon series Pound Puppies. Fun, FUN cast.

Ruth Buzzi

FunVoiceDoingCartoonNoseCast

Americans are much more open than people in Britain.

Michael Sheen

PeopleMoreOpenThanMuchBritain

I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me a lot. I find it nearly inhuman to be an actress.

Lou Doillon

LoveWomenTimeMeWorldActing

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

Jorja Smith

ThinkDoingToo MuchBeingGetJust

In the early days, start-ups make the main mistake of hiring people to do the work that they could do themselves.

Jon Oringer

WorkMistakePeopleEarlyDaysMake

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

Dennis Bergkamp

TimeFootballYouCareerTrapped

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

Chris Gardner

LiveCommunityPeopleCareLiving

I've taken pictures in at least 14 countries, and nowhere have people told me 'no' more than New York City.

Brandon Stanton

New YorkPeopleCityMePictures

I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.

Bob Woodward

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