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James Rosenquist Quotes

As a person gets older, time gets more interesting. As a kid, you waste so much of it.

James Rosenquist

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 29, 1933 - March 31, 2017

Topics

Time Interesting You Person Kid

Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music.

Father Music Hero Responsibility Me

I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into.

Vanity Lift Kind Get Weights Really

If I write a joke, sometimes people will call it a 'lie,' and I'm fascinated with that.

Lie People Sometimes Will Write

Only by being obsessed with little things do amazing things emerge.

Amazing Little Things Little Things

You can't take a kid from north Alabama and growing up in church - some of that is just gonna seep out.

Growing Up Church You Growing Kid

I'm way more in my head acting than I am when I'm writing. So there's a weird love/hate on both ends. But writing, as tough as it is, I get so much more out of it. It's like climbing Mt. Everest.

I Am Writing Tough Weird Acting Way

I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record I was listening to while I wrote 'Where the Wild Things Are.' Those songs - especially 'Wake Up' and 'Neighbourhood' - there's a lot of that record that's about childhood.

Fire Childhood Listening Wake Up Up

For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

Family Business Time People Small

I've gotten a lot of compliments on the 'Criminal Minds' guy. I guess it's because the look of that character is so different from what people expect of me.

Jason Alexander

Character People Me Look Minds Guy

Life has many turns.

Life Many Turns

I'm a Cali girl through and through.

Should kids check phones at dinner? I don't know. To me, that's a parenting choice.

Parenting Me Dinner Choice Know

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