Hans Haacke Quotes

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

Hans Haacke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 12, 1936

Topics

ArtSocietyLearnPlayRightDemand

In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

LifeStepConflictFindComfortOut

The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time.

Ang Lee

TimeGoWillWayTalkScene

In this world, there really is a law of cause and effect: You reap what you sow. Then energy you put out really does come back to you.

Michael Imperioli

LawWorldEnergyYouBackOut

I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I'll still smoke in a movie. I have other vices, you know, like potato chips and chardonnay - but not together.

Jean Smart

DayTogetherSmokingYouSmokeKnow

Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color means one's race is a constant issue.

John Ridley

ColorAmericaNegativityWhiteRace

I can't get booked on the Fourth of July, or it'll be, 'Do you want to open for the opener for Toby Keith?' Hell, no.

Shooter Jennings

HellYouWantOpenJulyGet

I wanted to be a writer, and my mother was like, 'No, why don't you become a lawyer?' That sort of thing.

Tom King

MotherLawyerYouWhyBecomeLike

It seems like I have been fighting someone, something, someplace, in some manner, my whole life.

Roddy Piper

LifeFightingSomeoneSomethingBeen

After we become literate, we literally 'think differently' about language: images of brain activation between literate and nonliterate humans bear this out.

Maryanne Wolf

BrainThinkLanguageBecomeBear

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

Mike Myers

FunnyFatherSillyInspirationGuy

You want to learn everything that you possibly can, chew it, digest it, and take it for what it is, and then move on.

Mike Singletary

LearnYouMove OnWantEverything

I just needed to leave Hollywood.

Molly Ringwald

HollywoodLeaveJustNeeded

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