Antony Gormley Quotes

Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.

Antony Gormley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 30, 1950

Topics

JoyLookingThinkEasyProfessional

Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?

John Amery

LeaderDreamsWarHeritageNothing

I just live my own life, and I don't read any of the magazines.

Joel Madden

LifeLiveMy OwnOwnJustRead

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

Maynard James Keenan

ArchetypesGlobalReligiousMost

If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.

John Madden

OutdoorsPicnicYouLookJulyCook

The '50s were terrifying with nuclear bomb stuff but boring in a social way, and then the '60s were happening, and remember, there was no AIDS.

Robert Klein

RememberBoringWaySocialStuff

When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture.

Robert Morgan

TimeCulturePeopleStoryThinkYou

When we were getting married the Hindu way in Arrah, we had an old guest who asked my wife what her 'good name' was. I think she'd heard that I had married a Muslim. When my wife said, 'Mona Ahmed Ali,' the lady looked at me and exclaimed, 'Oh, so you've married a terrorist.'

Amitava Kumar

GoodWifeMeThinkNameYou

The best feeling in the world is performing in front of a live audience who like what you're doing. I can understand why people become dictators just because of the thrill they get making the speeches.

Steve Coogan

LiveBestPeopleWorldDoingYou

I think irony precludes really feeling deeply about anything. I just didn't want to be that kind of writer who found nothing that wasn't worth indictment. I admire Willa Cather so much because she was unafraid to have big feelings and put them on the page. I just want to be able to believe in things.

Tony Earley

BelieveThinkWorthFeelingFeelings

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

Robin Wright

I AmHollywoodSuccessfulAmTerms

I fell in love with commerce and the opportunities that come with compelling visual storytelling.

Ruzwana Bashir

LoveOpportunitiesStorytellingCome

Work does have some value and some dignity, but I don't think working 14 hours and not being able to pay your bills, or working two jobs and not being able - there's nothing inherently dignified about that.

Michael Tubbs

WorkValueThinkDignityNothing

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