Greenes Quotes & Sayings

I think that Sappho expresses the orphaned part of ourselves. The orphaned part of ourselves that reaches out to passion for completion. That reaches out to motherhood for completion. — Erica Jong

People who don't know you, you don't know their motives. They smile at you all day, "Oh, that's great. You've done it again! You're the greatest!" And that's not good for an artist. — Jay-Z

By Heaven, my soul is purg'd from grudging hate; And with my hand I seal my true heart's love — William Shakespeare

The desire to please is maligned, unfairly. There are many sides to it. First of all, pictures have to arouse interest before people will even look at them, and then they have to show something that holds that interst - and naturally they have to be presentable, just as a song has to be sung well, otherwise people run away. One mustn't underrate this quality, and I have always been delighted when my pieces have also appealed to the museum guards, the laymen. — Gerhard Richter

I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant. — Taraji P. Henson