Hans Haacke Quotes

When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.

Hans Haacke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeautyArtWallsNothingAdmire

These are people who haven't gone through the legal means to becoming citizens like our forefathers did. They want all the benefits but none of the responsibilities.

Matt Dillon

PeopleLegalWantThroughGoneLike

They both changed the way we hear the sound of the piano, both of them inventors of sonority: Chopin took bel canto singing lines and reproduced them on the keyboard above richly upholstered counterpoint; Debussy somehow preserved vibrations in the air, blending their ephemeral magic into music that reaches far back into deep memory.

Stephen Hough

MusicMemorySingingDeepMagicWay

That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble!

Sid Waddell

ThreeLikeThrowingOnions

I always get a kick out of who is going to be the larger cheering section.

Mike Quade

AlwaysOutKickGoingGetWho

The origins of my career as a peace mediator can be found from my childhood years. I was born in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland. We lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked my country. Along with 400,000 fellow Karelians, I became an eternally displaced person in the rest of Finland.

Martti Ahtisaari

ChildhoodPeaceCityRestCareer

I'm not a guy that's going to shoot 10 3s a game - I like to get to the basket. But some of those shots I do gotta take. Some of those shots I gotta let fly.

Jaylen Brown

FlyGameShootTakeGuyGoing

You can't pick up a golf club if your thumb hurts.

Jason Day

GolfYouClubUpYourPick

There are those people who are in your corner no matter what, you can't do any wrong, even when you do wrong. And then there are those people that no matter what you do they are going to dislike you and that's not going to change.

Brett Favre

ChangePeopleYouWrongMatterYour

I was earning a living. I was getting into more acting, then 'Coronation Street' came along, and it was the chance of a lifetime.

Bradley Walsh

ChanceActingStreetLivingMore

When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems.

Bruce Greenwood

GreenProblemsMayDiscoverSome

I think, 'I'm tall, this is the body I was given, and I'm going to roll with it.'

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

ThinkBodyTallGoingRollI Think

They stayed by my side the whole time - my teammates, family and all the fans.

William Green

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