Vic Deakins Quotes & Sayings

One of the greatest geniuses that ever existed,
Shakespeare, undoubtedly wanted taste. — Horace Walpole

The foolish families worry over blood. I care nothing for purity of family or ancestry. That is a vain thing. I care only for strength. What a man can do to other men, women. — Pierce Brown

To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries. — Peter M. Brant

Why is it that we want so badly to memorialise ourselves? Even while we're still alive. we wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants. we put on display our framed photographs, our parchment diplomas, our silver-plated cups; we monogram our linen, we carve our names on trees, we scrawl them on washroom walls. It's all the same impulse. what do we hope from it? Applause, envy, respect? Or simply attention, of any kind we can get? At the very least we want a witness. we can't stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio turning down. — Margaret Atwood

Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along. — Van Morrison

Life is like a rain drop on a lotus leaf. Everybody realises that you're either very lucky person or you're not. — George Harrison