Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic. Anish Kapoor Read Quote
Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present. Oscar Hijuelos Read Quote
I’ll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I’ve done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his throat. Antonin Artaud Read Quote
I think in the old days, the nexus of weirdness ran through Southern California, and to a degree New York City. I think it’s changed so that every bizarre story in the country now has a Florida connection. I don’t know why, except it must be some inversion of magnetic poles or something. Carl Hiaasen Read Quote
There was a part of me that wanted to take my place next to, you know, Debra Granik. She’s such a hero for me. Peter Hedges Read Quote
I remember hearing that when Judi Dench was starting out at the Old Vic, she used to stand by the side of the stage watching the actors around her, and I can see why: That is where you really learn! Jessie Buckley Read Quote
My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote