Kostabi World Quotes & Sayings

Luck plays no role in art world success. It's your own responsibility to create your success, which is a result of making thousands of constant decisions - focused, professional tenacity - day after day of keeping commitments to yourself and to those you make promises to. If you fail, it's all your fault. If you succeed, you deserve all the credit. — Mark Kostabi

Human beings are inherently social and trusting animals. — Dan Ariely

The axiomatic method is very powerful — Kurt Godel

I'm not sure what [my latest works are] about but I'm convinced they're the best things I've done and I'm going to the world's best museums with them. — Mark Kostabi

Artists of the world arise - it's time to dump your dealers. — Mark Kostabi

Wine is a living, breathing thing during its time in the bottle and in the glass. It is always changing, especially in the glass. A little oxygen can really open up and release the flavors in a complex wine, as well as mellow the rougher edge of immaturity. — Mireille Guiliano

If you are at the mercy of what they call print interviews and the mercy of people who write about you, they can always tell lies. — Gore Vidal

Comedians could do mindless things - and by mindless, I mean the easy jokes and things that you already agree with - but I find it more interesting, more of a reward, for people to feel something. I like to make a human connection, and that involves speaking emotionally, a bit more intellectually, or with a bit more moral complexity. — Jerrod Carmichael

There's too much negativity in the world. Staying positive is a better investment. — Mark Kostabi

When I was in high school, we used to do 15-20 hours of dance per week, and then when you graduate, you don't have that much time on your hands anymore. — Laura Slade Wiggins

Joy is a gift given not an emotion earned. — Todd Stocker