Jonas Mekas Quotes

I myself saw the great works of Western civilization for the first time in my high school in Lithuania in bad black-and-white reproductions on miserable paper. That was, for many years, what art was for me. But from those miserable black-and-white reproductions, I got something, something unmistakable.

Jonas Mekas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
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  • Birth: December 24, 1922

Topics

GreatTimeArtMyselfSchoolMe

I could go days, weeks, without talking to another human being.

Megan Fox

TalkingGoHumanWithoutHuman Being

Because the Spanish eat so crazily late - anybody who's been to Spain has had the experience of sitting down at 9:30 P.M. to find themselves the first customer in the restaurant - they tend to favour an early-evening drink and a nibble to keep them going.

John Lanchester

ExperienceRestaurantCustomerDown

Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

John Henry Patterson

YourselfYouTryConvinceDropSure

I made a deal with myself that no matter where I go, if I see a street performer, I'd tip them. It's sweet to know that you can get started from the generosity of others.

Andy Grammer

MyselfGenerositySweetYouGoKnow

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

Jean Kerr

LiveMoving OnTruckLookingStart

You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.

John Sulston

HealthYouWrongSayPossible

Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs.

John Thune

WarEnergySecurityCreateNewOil

While ignoring your bad habits may help you feel good initially, that avoidance will eventually catch up to you. When you don't address the unproductive and unhealthy things you're doing alongside your good habits, you'll stagnate.

Amy Morin

GoodFeel GoodFeelDoingHelpYou

You can't be 100 percent selfish when you're working with somebody else.

St. Lucia

SelfishYouWorkingSomebodyPercent

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

Rosanne Cash

MyselfPeopleMeThinkDangerous

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic.

Miriam Margolyes

PeopleThinkPressureImportantYour

Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression.

Louise Bourgeois

WorkI AmMeNeedRightMarket

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