Hirtum Quotes & Sayings

Spring is the only revolutionary whose revolution has succeeded. — Marianne Van Hirtum

I can sketch up a storm, and I'm very involved in how clothes are constructed, but I have a short attention span. — Michael Kors

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework. — Bil Keane

Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine. — Daniel Handler

Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told. — Kelly Jones

If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life. — Jason Mitchell

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter ... one must paint its atmosphere. — Umberto Boccioni

If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in. We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say? — Steven Erikson

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. — Duke Ellington

By giving words the latitude she does, (Marianne) Van Hirtum emphasizes their contagious qualities: they become almost like viruses, with which it is necessary to put oneself in harmony by sympathetic magic if one is not to be overwhelmed ... What is essential is to become one with the sickness, that is, in the context of language as a whole, to enter into contact with words. — Michael Richardson

I always saw photography as a way to get to film. — Francesco Carrozzini

I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year. — Roy Ayers

Anyone who truly cares about children must be repelled by the insistence on ranking them, rating them, and labeling them. Whatever the tests measure is not the sum and substance of any child. The tests do not measure character, spirit, heart, soul, potential. When overused and misused, when attached to high stakes, the tests stifle the very creativity and ingenuity that our society needs most. Creativity and ingenuity stubbornly resist standardization. Tests should be used sparingly to help students and teachers, not to allocate rewards and punishments and not to label children and adults by their scores. — Diane Ravitch

Sometimes I just wonder if I'm being led by variety. If one film leads me down one path, sometimes I just want to turn around and head the opposite way for the next project. I hope that's not the case, but sometimes I suspect that. — Joel Edgerton

Books for teens are amazing and compelling, I think, because they're generally set in a time in people's lives when they are uncertain about who they are and who they love and what the right thing is to do. — Sarah Rees Brennan

It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half. — Greta Garbo