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Jacques-Louis David Quotes

If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes.

Jacques-Louis David

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: french
Birth: August 30, 1748 - December 29, 1825

Topics

Work Justice Experience Mistakes

I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the late 70s and 80s.

John Cusack

Music Great Day Youth Late Going

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.

Robert McCloskey

Book Think More First Get Exciting

Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... they are so stupid and do not notice that I am standing up straighter!

Anna Freud

I Am Stupid Everyone Up Standing

All technology does is give us back to ourselves. So to be anti-technology in a sense is to be anti-human.

Joshua Cohen

Technology Back Us Give Sense Does

I tried to get into comics initially after I graduated Clemson in 1994. I spent a year trying to get in, and I quit reading books because not getting in made me sad.

Jonathan Hickman

Sad Me Reading Trying Year Quit

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

Denis Villeneuve

Learning Creativity Job Tough You

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

Chiang Kai-shek

Action Three Spirit Human Activity

In 'Alpha Protocol,' right from the outset, the parameters of the game explain to you that the mission needs to get done. How you approach that is your decision. The rewards and penalties for either path, those are going to balance out into different consequences.

Chris Avellone

Path Decision Balance Game Mission

The NBA is the best league in the world. It's no way you're going to be able to fill the void that the energy of performing before 20,000 people every night gives you. That's just impossible. So, I just try and move on from that and let it be a moment in time and leave it alone.

Chris Bosh

Alone Time Moment Best People World

I was set to confront the might of the imperial empire with an M-1 carbine and enough hate to topple the world.

Bobby Sands

Hate World Enough Empire Might Set

Scottish men of a certain age have a black response to almost everything as a measure of how sophisticated they are. I have a very long fuse that eventually explodes after building up a nice head of steam, although it's only happened three times - usually at work when someone takes me for granted.

Peter Capaldi

Work Age Men Me Building Black

We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

Pericles

Others Model Imitate