Willem de Kooning Quotes

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

Willem de Kooning

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997

Topics

ArtistFeelingsPersonalCanvasSoon

For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was his lawyer and friend.

John Burnham Schwartz

FamilyFriendFatherLawyerEndOur

I've also shot plenty of films with very small audiences - 'The Sun Also Rises.' I love that film, but I didn't capture the imagination of the audience. I don't know why.

Jiang Wen

LoveImaginationSunSmallKnowWhy

I love yoga, and I love circuit training where you can do five exercises, 15-20 reps of each exercise, and I do it five times in a row - it only takes twenty minutes, and you can do it anywhere. You feel instantly better.

Jessica Lowndes

LoveTrainingYou Can Do ItBetter

Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make.

Andrzej Wajda

AmericanResultEntertainmentUsed

Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional.

Matt Kuchar

MeProfessionalTopScratchPlayer

Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.

Angela Merkel

TodayMeStandAmericaYouPersonal

My father and I never really achieved a real relationship. We probably saw each other 20 or 25 times in our lifetime.

Jean-Michel Jarre

FatherRelationshipNeverRealSaw

I want to win trophies in the summer and not accolades in the winter.

Toni Kroos

WinterWinSummerWantTrophies

I'm persuaded today that the only way you can get into another country with a different culture from your own is to find a local partner who knows the market. Discovering this felt like small children discovering that if you put a bobby pin into an electric plug you get a shock!

Roberto Civita

TodayChildrenCultureSmallPartner

Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and deeper into a person.

Jon Tenney

CharacterChanceYouPersonYears

I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous.

Clare Balding

SportsHateFairNot FairOutrageous

I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

Clarence Clemons

GreatRealityYouStreetBandOut

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