Lucian Freud Quotes

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

Lucian Freud

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleWishLookBeingPortraits

You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.

John Bolton

ThinkPoliticalYouKnowNeedTell

I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see this in the letters of such people as Joyce and Virginia Woolf.

Michel Faber

PeopleThinkYouSeriousLetters

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

Lord Byron

NothingAlwaysFortuneThings

As soon as I walk down that sticky six-mile patterned carpet that welcomes you at Heathrow, I buy the Sunday papers and read the fashion supplements cover to cover. Even though hardly a single word in them seems directed at any male who ever lived, I find them compulsive reading.

Douglas Hodge

WalkFashionReadingYouFindDown

The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot, too. They ask you stupid questions, and they bring you down to their level. It's tempting to not ever want to talk to anybody, but you can't do that.

Dean Wareham

StupidSomeoneQuestionsIdiotYou

The Clean Air Act of 1970 was designed to control air pollution on a national level by authorizing the development of comprehensive regulations to limit emissions.

Christine Todd Whitman

ControlPollutionDevelopmentLimit

The Brawny man is a prime example of a guy with a cool-looking mustache.

Brooklyn Decker

ManMustachePrimeGuyExample

I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to put up a bit of a fight.

Bruce Forsyth

FightGrowWantOldUpGracefully

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

SeaBeachLieWaitingGiftReward

It's really interesting how music can knock down a wall and be an open connection between you and someone else where something else can't. When music comes along, it just opens your heart a little more.

Phillip Sweet

MusicHeartInterestingSomeoneYou

One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either.

Phil Hartman

ProgressCareerSteadyUpThings

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

Paulo Coelho

DayBlindAttentionYouSeeingOwn

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