Peter Beard Quotes

An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make.

Peter Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 22, 1938

Topics

ArtMistakeArtistSeriousTryWho

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

John Galliano

GoodPressureYouLastOnlyYour

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.

Andres Serrano

MyselfHispanicRefer

Radical Islamic jihadists have a long-term vision. And if they have to stay in Europe to obtain a citizenship, to ultimately travel to the United States, and if it takes them five years or ten years, they're okay with that. History has proven that.

Jeff Duncan

VisionHistoryTravelCitizenship

Designers become translators for me. That's why I've gone to people like Gareth Pugh and Viktor and Rolf - they are speaking a nuanced language. Fashion says a lot for me.

Roisin Murphy

PeopleMeFashionLanguageBecome

I prefer to like the people I invest in, but it's not an absolute necessity, as long as they have a good mind and I know they'll do whatever it takes to be successful.

Lori Greiner

GoodPeopleMindLongKnowWhatever

I'm quite tactful, actually. I worry about whether people are all right. With my friends, obviously, conversations are quite free and uncensored, but I would never enjoy making someone feel uncomfortable at all.

Julia Davis

PeopleFreeSomeoneWorryEnjoy

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

Little Richard

LoveThinkEnoughWrongUsShow

My ambition is peace and perfection.

DeForest Kelley

PeacePerfectionAmbition

I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.

Bradley Wiggins

PeopleCheatingSome PeopleUpGoing

I guess I strongly feel that we cannot pretend that the Third World is not part of our world. We cannot say 'OK, there's that problem over there, let's just close our eyes' - we cannot do that.

Susanne Bier

EyesWorldFeelProblemSayOver

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.

Peter Mandelson

TreatBelieveYouEnemyBecomeThen

Bush administration officials, of course, deny that they didn't take the threat urgently enough, but there is no debating that in their public utterances, private meetings, and actions, the al Qaeda threat barely registered.

Peter Bergen

MeetingsEnoughTakeActionsCourse

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