Chris Ofili Quotes

When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively.

Chris Ofili

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 10, 1968

Topics

ArtSchoolPaintingThinkBetter

I never imagined being on television.

Jimmy Kimmel

TelevisionNeverBeingImagined

If you're lying, you're lying.

John C. Maxwell

YouLying

We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I have thought this through' - well, just do it. I much prefer the doing aspect.

Michael Fassbender

SchoolI AmThinkingThoughtDoing

If you can be the best from Queensbridge and actually make it out, then you must be pretty good.

Metta World Peace

GoodBestYouOutPrettyMust

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.

John Stossel

FreePersonDyingTakeSomething

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

Shirley MacLaine

LifeMyselfPurposeFunThinkPlay

No country's policies are eternal; they do vary. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. In a year's time, a government can look different. You can't influence them if you don't talk to them.

Martti Ahtisaari

PowerTimeGovernmentPeopleYear

Every character when born is a stereotype.

Michael Patrick King

CharacterBornStereotypeEvery

Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. It is a series of marathons that stretch over and over across a continent.

Mohsin Hamid

ArtWritingWorldMarathonOver

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Milarepa

PracticeWorldMeditationGoWill

I use my cell phone as much as I can - I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a month. It's crazy.

Lisa Loeb

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I keep kosher, so I have an element of consumption awareness embedded into my daily life. One of the things the practice does is make one more mindful of - and grateful for - what goes into your body.

Joshua Malina

LifeDailyGratefulDaily LifeBody

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