Bruce Nauman Quotes

In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure.

Bruce Nauman

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BeautifulTimePurposeBuildingGate

I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.

Joe Sacco

MyselfPeopleMoreNeglectedTried

We love the sight of the brown and ruddy earth; it is the color of life, while a snow-covered plain is the face of death. Yet snow is but the mask of the life-giving rain; it, too, is the friend of man, the tender, sculpturesque, immaculate, warming, fertilizing snow.

John Burroughs

LifeLoveFriendSnowRainDeath

When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I should do some kind of thought work that paid well, but I wasn't sure what.

Andrew Yang

WorkThoughtKindPaidWellSure

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

Michael Hastings

AdvertisingJournalism

It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.

John Templeton

ThinkHumanSelf-CenteredDivinity

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment.

Stella McCartney

MomentLosingMum

I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.

Sigourney Weaver

GoodBrotherWorldProblemsThought

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.

Tony Campolo

GodPeopleEvilNameEnthusiasm

When I wrote my cookbook, 'I Love Crab Cakes,' I asked some of my best chef buddies to contribute recipes.

Tom Douglas

LoveBestChefCrabRecipesBuddies

This is my philosophy since 'Star Trek' and 'Battlestar': You have to be willing to have fandom hate what you're doing or love it and not care either way on a certain level, because you cannot become a slave to their emotion or their vote. It's not a democracy, as I'm always fond of saying.

Ronald D. Moore

LoveHateDemocracySayingCareYou

I would trade any writerly success if it would mean my children would be happy.

Mary Gordon

SuccessChildrenHappyBe HappyMean

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

Mike Figgis

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