Richard Artschwager Quotes

I would wake up at night and think, 'What the hell have I gotten myself into? You don't want to do that!' But you gotta do something, and with art, there's freedom - which is actually very seldom practiced by artists.

Richard Artschwager

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 26, 1923 - February 9, 2013

Topics

FreedomArtMyselfNightWake UpUp

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

Jerry Weintraub

GreatLearnKnowStageGetStuff

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

Andrew Vachss

PersonSurveillanceBeingLikeThird

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

John Kenneth Galbraith

VirtueModestyOverratedVastly

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Robert Redford

EnvironmentalThinkSecurityDefend

At the end of a project I get very weird, you know, in my head because I'm not doing it. It's like an addiction. I have to do it.

Roberta Williams

EndWeirdDoingYouKnowAddiction

If I went up there and beat T.J. Dillashaw at 135 pounds, I have no interest whatsoever in staying at 135. People are like, 'Why not?' and I'm like, 'I have no interest in fighting guys who walk around at 160 pounds.'

Demetrious Johnson

WalkPeopleFightingWhyUpBeat

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

Bob Seger

WinterI CanSummerDrummerGetHe

Showing just the dark side doesn't always work. The important thing is to show what we can learn from dark things, what good we find there.

Svetlana Alexievich

WorkGoodLearnFindDarkDark Side

I couldn't do what I do without the encouragement and influence of the musicians I played with in Chicago.

Kurt Elling

InfluenceMusiciansEncouragement

I've seen some women who are not particularly attractive but they have an assurance, and there's something so attractive about someone who doesn't have to work so hard.

Kim Cattrall

WorkWomenSomeoneHardSomething

The actor always must be in the scene, not above the scene. To communicate any larger ideas is my problem; it's how the narrative is constructed and directed that hopefully does it.

James Gray

IdeasProblemActorAlwaysNarrative

I make sure the foods I eat will benefit the appearance of my hair, skin and nails.

Erin Heatherton

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