Quotes by Artists

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. Mark Rothko

I don't go to a psychiatrist. I don't go to a gym. I run away from my accountant, I run away from my dentist. They are all supposed to help you, but I like to stay in bed, where I have a chance to reflect, like Rossellini. Marlene Dumas

You Reflect Run Stay Gym Like Supposed Bed Go Dentist Accountant Psychiatrist Where Help Away Chance

I think I am probably a lot like my father. Marlene Dumas

Father Think Like Am Lot

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art. Marlene Dumas

Art See Because American Moved Wanted Holland

I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed. Marlene Dumas

You Suffering Without Always How Been Being Depict Heavy-Handed Interested

What I'm working on is for people to be able to say that Kippenberger had this really good mood. Martin Kippenberger

Good People Say Mood Good Mood Able Had Really Working

I can't cut off an ear everyday. Do the Van Gogh here and the Mozart there. Anyway it's exhausting enough always having to check up on what one is really doing!. Martin Kippenberger

Enough Everyday Van Van Gogh Having Check Always Exhausting Doing Off Up Gogh Anyway Cut Mozart Really Ear Here

Nobody helps anybody. Martin Kippenberger

Nobody Anybody Helps

Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all. Martin Kippenberger

Work Me Style Assuming Something Simply Since None Roles

My style is where you see the individual and where a personality is communicated through actions, decisions, single objects and facts, where the whole draws together to form a history. Martin Kippenberger

History You Together Personality Single Style Draws See Objects Individual Through Facts Where Form Decisions Whole Actions

Entertainment is in art like color in pictures. Martin Kippenberger

Art Entertainment Color Pictures Like

I am a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas. Martin Kippenberger

Ideas Deal Am Salesman Travelling

Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value. Martine Syms

Value Machines Entrepreneurs Ideas Became Making Wanted Create

Representation is a sort of surveillance. Martine Syms

Sort Surveillance Representation

I definitely think an on-screen experience is universal, in a way. Martine Syms

Experience Think On-Screen Way Definitely Universal

I'm really obsessed with this show right now called 'Power,' produced by 50 Cent. Martine Syms

Power Obsessed Cent Produced Really Show Now Right

At some point, all black movies became biopics. All the good, serious ones became biopics. 'Ray,' 'Ali'... those types of movies, those are the opportunities available for mostly men. Those are the opportunities for a black actor to transcend 'black' movies. They have to play a black icon. Martine Syms

Good Opportunities Black Men Ali Types Those Some Point Ray Mostly Became Transcend Available Movies Icon Serious Actor Play

I grew up in Altadena, California. Martine Syms

California Up Grew

I was very conscious of the film industry - a lot of people, neighbors, worked in it. I actually grew up doing a bit of extra work myself. I was homeschooled, and it was a way that I could make money. My parents let us do these jobs, and I never got very far, but I was much more interested in what everybody else was doing, and I liked being on set. Martine Syms

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I've always been interested in the manufacturing of narratives, identities, and ideologies, and how they are embodied and negotiated by viewers. Martine Syms

Embodied Identities Ideologies Narratives Always How Been Interested Viewers Manufacturing

I didn't really grow up with any traditions. I grew up in a pretty liberal household in Southern California. I think that's part of my interest in thinking about heritage. I don't have a second language or cultural heritage in that way. Martine Syms

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Growing up in a specific area has a certain sociological and economic reason, so I'm interested in using myself as a case study to look as those things. Martine Syms

Myself Those Case Economic Area Study Look Up Interested Certain Reason Using Growing Growing Up Specific Things Sociological