Alexander Smith Quotes

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

Alexander Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 31, 1830 - January 5, 1867

Topics

PresentPortraitCreationOwnSit

I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.

John Corigliano

GoodBeginningThinkYouNewTeach

I'm the worst tweeter ever. I don't know what I'm doing. I really don't.

Megyn Kelly

DoingKnowWorstEverReally

Not very many people can draw who are illustrators today.

John Kricfalusi

TodayPeopleWhoManyVeryDraw

I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.

Rosanna Arquette

HeartThinkWorryYouArtistTrue

When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it.

Lorna Luft

MotherHeartLookBackFeelings

When I was growing up, my dad didn't have weights, so he made himself a weight bench. Instead of a hand-me-down jacket, it was a hand-me-down weight bench.

Jason Statham

Growing UpGrowingJacketBenchUp

Even on vacation, Rihanna's easy breezy chic is not complete without a red lip.

Derek Blasberg

VacationRedEasyWithoutComplete

I don't dislike football. I love football.

Chris Borland

LoveFootballDislikeI Love

The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Cheryl Hines

ForgivenessMeThinkDoingAskThan

In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they are encouraged - by their husbands, bosses and the government - to take long maternity leaves.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

WomenScienceTimeGovernmentLose

If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.

Christine Baranski

PeopleWorldCreatingMoviesNever

I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself.

Allan Carr

MyselfThinkMeetingCelebrityGet

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