Contrajo In English Quotes & Sayings

I am a human being and an artist: I really, simply, surely am. — Eric Maisel

The romantics really did want to romanticise the world itself, and that meant re-creating the state, society and even nature so that it became a work of art. — Frederick C. Beiser

Each man follows his own path - his own destiny, if you will. And only he is responsible for the choice. — Heather Graham

I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you. — Maggie Q

Dear Hotel People: We don't need a cheeseball clock-radio. WE NEED PLACES TO PLUG STUFF IN. Thank you. — Dave Barry

Oh, it was awful, and I vowed to myself I would never, ever push myself to the edge that much again. It was really frightening. Because absolutely everything seemed to be impossible to deal with, just little things became major - noise, if someone had a radio on, or even the sound of traffic, or being in someone's company for longer than 10 minutes - I started to find it all too much. — Elaine Paige

It's not enough to do research from a distance. It's by living beside animals that you learn their behavior and psychology. On — Diane Ackerman

Property taxes - particularly those which tax only or primarily the land and not the improvements - are the closest approximations we have today to community land contributions. For this reason, property taxes and home affordability rates - which is to say, land affordability rates - are inversely correlated.

Land contributions are necessary for the vitality of every community and city. For example, urban sprawl is a consequence of not capturing sufficient land contributions and thus enabling inefficient land use.

Community land contributions lead to a more intensive use of land and encourage the greening of a city's surroundings, as the existing population will tend to cluster closer together. Land contributions also encourage the restoration of blighted areas. — Martin Adams

Nobody gets between me and my microphone. — Sinead O'Connor

The stupid ducks give me nightmares. — Jen Wylie

In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art. — Bill Watterson

Never stop seeking, even when it seems there is no hope — Sunday Adelaja

I had to leave some traces. In the beginning, I would give complete instructions to the photographer. In the '70s, people would come to photograph your work and you would just end up with this crazy material that had nothing to do with your work; maybe I'd pick up two or three photographs that were the closest to the idea. This is why when you look at the '70s, you see much less documentation and really bad material. The material will become misleading to what the piece was. — Marina Abramovic

Just as we don't move without first sorting through what we've gathered through the years, throwing away what is broken and can't be fixed, and what no longer fits, so too, should we do the same with what we've mentally gathered, before we move on. So let us do our sorting, throwing away regrets and old hurts, and taking for our journey only the treasures worth keeping: The lessons, the love, the best of what we've lived. — Sandra Kring