Oehlen Quotes & Sayings

I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up. — Albert Oehlen

Taken to extremes even the best human qualities would go sour. — Veronica Roth

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing
not career or housework, or one's fatigue
and it needs to be tended and nurtured. — Julia Child

Every circumstance is a channel of miracles. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art. — Jerry Saltz

Between 1994 and the year 2000, when the Republican majority was in control of the House of Representatives, President Clinton played House Speaker Newt Gringrich like a violin! — Ed Crane

Life is like the dirt we bury our dreams and fears in. It blemishes the way. As things tend to grow by the rain of our belief or doubts. — Anthony Liccione

I don't think I've ever gone on stage to be an asshole. I know one thing, from the past, and that's that my intentions always began in a pure way. I really want to just try and play the songs. — Ryan Adams

He must have some Tartar in him, don't you think?" "I have no idea," Kate said. "Or is it 'Tatar. — Anne Tyler

I tell you not to be timid. I tell you to make the choices, make the mistakes, big, terrible, reckless mistakes, really screw it all up. I tell you it is the only way. — Jandy Nelson

The guys who walk on Mars are going to be historic. — Buzz Aldrin

Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas. — Pete Hautman

Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled. — Josh Billings

I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just doesn't work. I expect my paintings to be strong and surprising. — Albert Oehlen

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom. — Max Born

If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good, but 'mess' might be right. Why not a mess? If it makes you say, 'Wow, I've never seen anything like that', that's beautiful. — Albert Oehlen

Keep pace with the drummer you hear, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau

I painted with acrylic paint, and the reason why I went to oil was mainly because I didn't control it. I was looking for the insecurity of it. I mean, I might have found another reason later, but at that moment, the reason was I was looking for the insecurity. — Albert Oehlen