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I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about. Julian Schnabel
Truth You Truth Is People Nice Think About Know Making Than Fiction Movie Stranger
I think when somebody's painting they don't necessarily... I'm not illustrating what I know. I'm mapping out, like topographically, some terrain I am satisfied with, how awkward that mark is. Julian Schnabel
Somebody Painting Satisfied Think Mark Out Some Like Know Terrain How Am Mapping Illustrating Awkward Necessarily
You know, painting has given me a lot of freedom, because for some reason, I've been able to paint things, organize things in a way that I see that don't have any buffers or compromises in them. Julian Schnabel
Freedom Me You Painting Way See Able Some Given Compromises Know Because Been Lot Any Them Organize Reason Paint Things
I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing. Julian Schnabel
Time Religion Say Spent Kid More My Time Fact Never Attention Most Judaism Surfing Doing Than Being In Fact Much Much Attention Paid Jewish
If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall. Julian Schnabel
Else Mine Hung Kind Would Someone Knew Off Wall Next Pop Paintings
Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it. Julian Schnabel
You Photography Looking Past Supposed Look Passed Capture Event Present Brings
I wanted to make pictures where you would not know who took them. I also bring the present into the past. Julian Schnabel
You Past Took Would Pictures Know Also Make Where Wanted Them Who Present Bring
My compulsion is to create things. Julian Schnabel
Compulsion Create Things
I wish my work would be recognized by a larger crowd of people as more art than be stuck with the cartoonist label for the rest of my life. Julie Doucet
Life Work Art People Rest My Life Wish Recognized Would Would-Be Cartoonist More Crowd Stuck Label Than Larger
I quit comics because I got completely sick of it. I was drawing comics all the time and didn't have the time or energy to do anything else. That got to me in the end. Julie Doucet
Time Me Energy Sick Else Drawing Because Got Comics End Quit Anything In The End Anything Else
I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines. Julie Doucet
Courage Three Took Machines Both Had Hands Use Washing
I caught a cold and didn't have time to work on my autobiography. Julie Doucet
Work Time Cold Caught Autobiography
I'm really interested in the nondefinitive element of abstraction. Julie Mehretu
Abstraction Interested Really Element
You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of time. Julie Mehretu
Time You Experience Collective Own Because Makes Person Just Experiences Your Who Specific
I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it. Julie Mehretu
Life Out Someone Could Know Make Always How Artist Wanted Really
Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit. Julie Mehretu
Conversation Detroit Always Up Race
When you're not a mom, you can get up in the middle of the night, paint, sleep all morning... you can't do that when you have two children! Julie Mehretu
Mom Morning You Up Get Middle Children Paint Night Two Sleep
I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music. Kacey Musgraves
Music Tea Think Everybody Okay Point Cup Going Realize
My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face. Kacey Musgraves
Fans Made Face Girl Batch Gifts Super Some Pretty Entire Had Baking Were Trailer Cookies
I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has. Kacey Musgraves
You People Try Else Find Online Support Nobody Stuff Nobody Else Because Shop Who
I used to love, and I still do, Lee Ann Womack. And Alison Krauss. I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that. Kacey Musgraves
Love Great Respect Alison Solid Remained True She Does How Still Lee Just Grammys Mean To Love Used Many
When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into. Kacey Musgraves
You Something Never Know Brain Going Turn Ignore
When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I've managed to do both. Kacey Musgraves
Music Out Kind Both Could Around Festival Artist Wanted Turn Then Who Play Started
Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't. Kacey Musgraves
Music People Country Songwriter Feel Country Music Country Singer Like Singer Make Who
It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything. Kacey Musgraves
Me Able About Songs Weird Feel Like Ideas Sing Because Controversial Anything Should
Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers. Kacey Musgraves
Kid East Like Looked Always Traditional Dolly Parton Lee Lot Texas Western Up Rogers Where Grew Sang Swing Near Her Roy
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