Otto Dix Quotes

People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance.

Otto Dix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 2, 1891 - July 25, 1969

Topics

FearBeginningWarPeopleSuffering

I think nobody since has written such extraordinary work as Shakespeare writes. The characters he writes are full of inconsistencies, which is a great human quality - I mean, we're all very inconsistent in the way we behave.

Jeremy Irons

WorkGreatQualityThinkNobodyWay

My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.

Andreja Pejic

ChangeLiveWomanPastStartDream

I think it's true we look forward to enormous amounts of information, but I think we would be better off if we thought about the kinds of wisdom and thoughtfulness that we need in order to handle the amount of information ahead.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

WisdomForwardThinkThoughtBetter

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.

John Millington Synge

SeaDayManSaidNowWill

I think the woman who buys my dress also wants a beautiful pillow.

Matthew Williamson

BeautifulWomanDressThinkPillow

The moment I say I'm going into scooters, they say, 'You're crazy.' Six months later, when BMW comes out with an electric scooter, it's fine. But when Anand does it, because he's some small guy in India, it's not fine.

Anand Mahindra

MomentCrazySmallYouIndiaSay

If only all straight weddings could be somehow gay-ified.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

OnlyStraightWeddingsCouldSomehow

I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.

Trip Adler

GoodTimeImportantTimingAhead

You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.

Roger Ailes

WinYouKnowNeverPullTrigger

Instead of taking the reader by the hand and running him down the hill, I want to lead him into a house of many rooms, and leave him alone in each of them.

Mary Oliver

AloneHouseDownWantHillHand

I was 14 years old. I did an audition for extra work as an actor, with two lines. Suddenly I was auditioning for a bigger role, and then got a part on a Portuguese TV series at age 15. My whole life changed completely.

Diogo Morgado

LifeWorkAgeActorOldBigger

I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.

Diane Wakoski

WomenMenPoetryHappyThinkLook

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