Martin Filler Quotes

Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and to become a master builder by his early twenties.

Martin Filler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1948

Topics

ArchitectureEarlyBecomeBegin

I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.

Andre Rieu

ViolinFirstEveryoneUpFiveJust

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

Maya Lin

LifeLearningMoneyYouOnlyAbout

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

John W. Foster

RichPrideHellLaughLoudestDying

Unless I really make an effort, I quite enjoy looking a bit off and something looking a bit wrong. That's how I feel most comfortable. If anything, it's just because I'm, like, very scatty and not very good at putting stuff together.

Suki Waterhouse

GoodTogetherEffortLookingEnjoy

Singing is something I love to do. I feel very confident doing it.

Millie Bobby Brown

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When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.

Judy Blume

ChallengesBookProblemsCensorship

I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen.

Demetrious Johnson

PeopleDisrespectHappenAnything

I'm a big, bombastic novelist and thrill-ride guy. I'm never going to win the National Book Award.

Seth Grahame-Smith

WinBookAwardNeverBigGoing

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

Tim Conway

WorkFurnitureWoodMakeLikeApart

I'm a great salesman when I believe in a product that somebody else is producing, but I always feel very awkward and clumsy asking for money for my work.

Mark Waid

WorkGreatMoneyBelieveFeel

My only verse I remember really working on was 'Mixtape,' and I took 45 minutes on that because I wanted it to be tight.

Lil Yachty

RememberBecauseWorkingMinutes

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content.

Ken Burns

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