Theaster Gates Quotes

I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment, or how objects are related to ideas of this current moment?

Theaster Gates

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ArtMomentIdeasSometimesPoint

If you're going to quit your job to focus on an idea, you get overly attached to that idea because you had it, and it's the reason you quit your job. Plus, most ideas are bad.

Matt Mullenweg

FocusJobIdeasYouBadQuit

My African heritage is a part of reggae music roots, and the concept is that the album, 'Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life' is a tribute to roots reggae music. The fruit is what blossoms into different colors and shades, but the root has to stand predominant.

Stephen Marley

LifeMusicRootsColorsFruitStand

Don't you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night.

Steven Wright

HateNightYouKnowWillHand

My family are all mad. But I got a lot of strength from them.

Roisin Murphy

FamilyStrengthMadGotLotThem

Trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry, trickle-down misogyny, all these things are extraordinarily dangerous to the heart and character of America.

Mitt Romney

CharacterHeartRacismAmerica

I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.

Louie Anderson

MoneyVegasYouPlaceKnowQuit

One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

TruthPrinciplesMayComeGrand

I'm the type of employer who will hire based on personality, based on potential. If you put the resume before the personality, you're going to fail.

Jon Taffer

PersonalityPotentialYouResumeWho

I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home.

Bobby Rahal

HomeCarGreatTimeI AmBetter

As a decision maker, you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. As the CEO, however, you cannot rely solely on this information. You also need to 'dip' down into your organization and learn directly from employees at all levels and virtually all skill sets.

Scott Weiss

DecisionPeopleOrganizationLearn

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

Lewis Hamilton

MeStrongYouDownUpTwice

Never thought I'd be a bobble-head, but little did I know.

Kenan Thompson

ThoughtKnowNeverLittleDid

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