Nevelson Artist Quotes & Sayings

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. — George Carlin

I want to see a ton more comedy for women. — Casey Wilson

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves. — Benjamin Whichcote

Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am not saying that I learned my name, animals can learn their names, I am saying that they learned it. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

Over beside Mr. Baynes, General Tedeki said in a soft voice, "You witness the man's despair. He, you see, was no doubt raised as a Buddhist. Even if not formally, the influence was there. A culture in which no life is to be taken; all lives holy." Mr. Baynes nodded. "He will recover his equilibrium," General Tedeki continued. "In time. Right now he has no standpoint by which he can view and comprehend his act. That book will help him, for it provides an external frame of reference. — Philip K. Dick

Who is an artist? I say we take a title. No one gives it to us. We make our lives. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

This your bomb? I'm here to return it to you. Up your ass.

Hey, speaking of which, you used to work with Iron Fist a lot, right?

How is that 'SPEAKING OF WHICH?!!- Power man & Deadpool — Daniel Way

One wife, you're happy, two and you're tired, three and they'll hate each other, four and they'll hate you. — Patrick Rothfuss

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens. — Grandma Moses

I played Winnie the Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing in front of people and looking like an idiot. — Jon Hamm

"But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn't a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all ... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing."
Happy birthday to Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)! — Louise Nevelson

I feel totally female. I didn't compete with men and I don't want to look like a man! I love being a lady and dressing up and masquerading and wearing all the fineries. I'm breaking down the idea that the artist has to look poor, with berets. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

I was given the gifts of the artist, and the trouble that goes with them: So I have that blessing, and there was never a time thatI questioned it or doubted it ... For forty years, I wanted to jump out of windows. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

Law and terrors do but harden All the while they work alone; But a sense of blood-bought pardon Will dissolve a heart of stone. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

away, she and Bernadette had become penpals. They wrote real letters with ink on paper and mailed them with pretty stamps - because everyone knows it is way more fun to open up an envelope with your name on it than to get an e-mail on the computer. Their letters to each other sometimes included surprises like lip balm or temporary tattoos or hair clips. For Hallowe'en, Jasmine had sent Bernadette a giant lollipop with a jack-o'-lantern face. And Bernadette once sent Jasmine a pair of socks with frog cartoons on them, because frogs were Jasmine's favorite — Susan Glickman

They say the opposite of love isn't hate, but indifference. — B.N. Toler

A man is not wealthy simply by the contents of his pockets alone, but instead by the richness of his heart. — Robert M. Hensel

I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief. — Madonna Ciccone

I only know this - that you can't give advice to an artist. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson