Art By Marlene Quotes & Sayings

I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is. — Russell Peters

Painting doesn't freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns. Those who were first might well be last. Painting is a very slow art. It doesn't travel with the speed of light. That's why dead painters shine so bright. — Marlene Dumas

You call me a princess and sometimes we put on as much gold as we can, and you call me "Jay-Z," and then laugh so hard. — Matthew Quick

If you're not willing to have somebody hauled off at gunpoint over the project, then it's probably not a legitimate concern of the state. — Kevin D. Williamson

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage. — Frank Capra

I want my students involved in learning to love and question art, not to live in fear of tests. — Marlene Nall Johnt

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [ ... ] the stronger the daughter. — Anita Diamant

My parents just neglected me, I wasn't abused or anything. — Andy Dick

It was a tremendous stroke of good luck that the show got Michael C. Hall to play the part. Everyone I've talked to thinks Michael is a perfect 'Dexter,' which never happens. — Jeff Lindsay

One of the most perplexing political questions of the late 20th century is how new democracies should punish deposed dictators and their associates. Victims cry for justice, but leaders of new regimes must decide to what extent it is possible, moral or prudent to pursue evildoers of the past. — Stephen Kinzer

Certain people will be upset when you speak the truth. They might get mad. They might get really mad. That's because they are still living the lie you've exposed. Stay strong. Speak truth. Do not allow yourself to get pulled back into their lie just to make others happy and yourself miserable. You are free. Stay free. — Toni Sorenson

At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it's all about. — Marlene Dumas

When Black and White are colors and not races, people will still fall in love and discriminate between partners and feel sad and bad and need art that breaks your heart and takes you to those places where pain becomes beauty. — Marlene Dumas

One wise decision I made was buying a plot of land with planning permission in Richmond, and building my own five-bedroom home on it. I sold three years after I completed the building and more than doubled my money. I like Richmond and always have my eyes open for other properties in the area. — Anthea Turner

I am not sure precisely why we need to have privacy, but everyone knows for sure that we need to relax and not have to put on our social, outwardly looking face all of the time. — Ezekiel Emanuel

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art. — Marlene Dumas

Recollections are in the eye of the beholder. No two held side by side can ever quite match. — Jodi Picoult

Sooner or later, we all learn that our immortality is rooted not in our professional involvements and achievements, but in our families. In time, all of our wins and losses in the workplace will be forgotten. If our memories endure, it will be because of the people we have known and touched. — Harold S. Kushner

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain. — Andrew Marr

The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men. — Ayn Rand