Peter Beard Quotes

Peter Beard
American Artist
Born: Jan 22, 1938
Art Family He Life Me You
Related authors: Andy Warhol Jackson Pollock Jean-Michel Basquiat Jeff Koons Kehinde Wiley Keith Haring Yoko Ono
The last thing left in nature is the beauty of women. Peter Beard
Nature Women Beauty Left Thing Last
I'm learning that human pressure on wildlife is becoming increasingly dangerous. You've got to be more alert because more animals have been pushed around, wounded, subjected to human harassment, ambushed, all kinds of stress. When they attack, it's totally predictable. Peter Beard
You Learning Dangerous Stress Pressure Animals Increasingly Wildlife Wounded Kinds Totally More Attack Pushed Because Around Becoming Got Been Subjected Human Predictable Harassment Alert
Conservation is for guilty people on Park Avenue with poodles and Pekingeses. Peter Beard
People Avenue Guilty Park Poodle Conservation
I'm an escapist. I'm not a planner; I've never made a decision about anything in my life. The good thing about Africa is that you can escape forever. You can do what you want without someone looking over your shoulder. Peter Beard
Life Good You Decision Made My Life Looking About Someone Good Thing Never Over Without Escape Forever Escapist Africa Want Anything Shoulder Planner Your Thing
The institution of marriage should be re-examined because of its overwhelming claustrophobia. The odds are stacked against spontaneity and effervescence. It's an institution that was brought about for the sake of family and children, but biologically, it's very unnatural. It's masochism and torture the way it's been organized. Peter Beard
Family Marriage Odds Overwhelming Way Unnatural Torture Brought About Institution Spontaneity Because Sake Been Very Stacked Children Against Should Organized Biologically
I made a life for myself in Africa that was as far as you could possibly get from art school at Yale. Peter Beard
Life Art Myself You School Made Possibly Could Yale Art School Get Africa As Far As Far
An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make. Peter Beard
Art Mistake Try He Make Around Making Goes Artist Proclaiming Who Serious
I graduated. I did History of Art, you know, all those things - American Studies - and then I went to art school, and I did Joseph Alvarez in the art school. Peter Beard
Art History You School Those Studies Joseph Know Art School American Did Graduated Then Things
I didn't feel the tusk go through me. But I did feel this sort of freight elevator coming down, popping the chicken bones, you know. It blinded me. Everything was black. It was bright noon day sun. You mustn't get walked on by elephants. Peter Beard
Day Me You Black Down Everything Sun Through Feel Know Freight Sort Blinded Coming Go Noon Chicken Walked Get Did Popping Bright Elephants Elevator Bones
Life is just a flick of the fingers. Let's face it. And any little bit - you can expand it or enrich it, I think you want to push that and do it. Peter Beard
Life You Face Think Enrich Bit Fingers Push Expand Any Just Want Little Little Bit Flick
I've never had underwear of any kind, anything that you have to wash. Peter Beard
You Kind Never Had Underwear Any Anything Wash
In New York, I live on a compost heap of all the stuff I accumulate. Peter Beard
Live Stuff New Heap Accumulate York New York
We're adding a billion people every decade. We're just spin doctors. Whatever we do is supposedly great, and yet it's always at the expense of diversity and nature. We're like elephants. The ecology of the elephant is more similar to human than any other. Peter Beard
Great Nature People Diversity Doctors Whatever Every Other Adding Spin Similar More Ecology Like Supposedly Always Than Decade Any Human Expense Just Billion Elephant Elephants
Elephants are like humans. They are very smart, very logical. Peter Beard
Logical Smart Like Very Elephants Humans
I've never gotten a release from any person. I'm not a businessman; I'm on the side of common sense. Releases ruin the atmosphere of photography. Peter Beard
Photography Sense Side Ruin Release Atmosphere Never Gotten Person Any Common Common Sense Businessman
In the high level cartoon world, my number one admired hero would be Chas Addams - really a top, top artist that the 'New Yorker' was lucky to find and employ. Peter Beard
World Hero Top High Would Would-Be Find Cartoon High Level Admired My Number One New Employ Yorker Artist New Yorker Really Lucky Level Number

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