August Wilson Quotes

I don't write for a particular audience. I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.

August Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005

Topics

WorkMyselfPeopleThinkSelfSay

My responsibility is to make judgments about hard, complex issues that I believe to be right.

Jeff Fortenberry

ResponsibilityBelieveI BelieveHard

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Michael Jackson

MusicFaceAppearanceWhyUnderstand

You can't really show people you can direct until you show them that you can direct.

Troy Nixey

PeopleYouShowDirectReallyUntil

I think mass surveillance is a bad idea because a surveillance society is one in which people understand that they are constantly monitored.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleSocietyThinkBadUnderstand

I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level.

Tom Glazer

HomeJobCollegeLibraryThoughtUp

You ask why I'm fascinated by the human figure? As a human animal, I am interested in some of my fellow animals: in their minds and bodies.

Lucian Freud

I AmAnimalYouAnimalsWhyMinds

When I look back at my career and my life and how much I have learnt, I feel blessed with what I have. I have stopped fighting with myself.

Juhi Chawla

LifeMyselfBlessedFightingMy Life

Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by others. Without that possibility, there is no empirical principle capable of deciding between different arguments and theories.

Jose Padilha

SciencePeopleOthersCapableOut

There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.'

Jon Pardi

PeopleSingingBootsConnectionHead

It was an extremely overdramatic play called 'Wild Decembers'. It was all about the Brontes, and they all, one after the other, died of tuberculosis. I remember taking every opportunity to cough over other people's lines.

Diana Rigg

OpportunityPeopleRememberPlay

I'm very competitive and academic.

Dove Cameron

AcademicCompetitiveVery

Not every great idea needs to be Campbell-generated. It's clear that partners and vendors and other external sources will generate innovative ideas for us.

Denise Morrison

GreatIdeasWillUsClearIdea

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