I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted.

There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.

And last, it may be worthwhile trying to hang something beyond the partial wall because some of the pictures do very well in a confined space.

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale.

That is why we profess a spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art.

Silence is so accurate.

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas.

I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted.

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas.

We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.

I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.

I like to be a little different. I like details. Whatever I wear, I always have a say.

Running a boat isnt that hard. Just takes doing. Most or all women I ever knew were discouraged from running boats but it was too late with me.

Depression is useful. It signals that you need to make changes in your life it challenges your tendency to withdraw it reminds you to take action.

As athletes, our job is to train and compete.

I'm a people lover. I love interacting with different people as I meet them, and I think people are one of God's greatest creations, I really do. They're interesting and intriguing.

Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.

Budapest is a prime site for dreams the Easts exuberant vision of the West the Wests uneasy hallucination of the East. It is a dreamed up city a city almost completely faked a city invented out of other cities out of Paris by way of Vienna the imitation as Claudio Magris has it of an imitation.

It's important to think good, speak good, and do good. If we want to see positive change in the world, then we need to connect to goodness. I try in everything I do, both in business and philanthropy, to make a positive change and do that by doing good.

Usenet is the last uncensored mass medium.

It's interesting when you're in your thirties and you're not the same pretty boy that you were when you were 21. I think people's anger at themselves getting older is projected on to you because you become a symbol of that.

Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur.

Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher.

You know, we live in a time when if somebody wants to kill you, they're going to kill you, and you can either go in a hole and, you know, pull the roof in over you, or you just continue putting one foot in front of the other and hope that you're doing some good in the world.

Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.'

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let ego get in the way. Many people helped me along the way. You've got to remember the people who were loyal to you, and don't forget them when you become successful.

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.

In the end, we conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.

From day one, musical theater was my bread and butter.

All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it.

I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He started to get really successful. He wasn't 'mine' anymore.