Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Whishaw

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

Pierre Bonnard

I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.

Gail Carson Levine

I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.

Jordan Bridges

I have a theory that most people disagree with. I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are two different crafts. I think that they share things in common. But I liken it to a painter switching over to photography.

G. H. Hardy

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.

Fred Gwynne

When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a portrait painter I wouldn't be able to support a goldfish.

Matthew Macfadyen

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives.

Christian Marclay

I have never been much of a painter.

Hugo Chavez

I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.

Dodie Smith

Perhaps what you call conventionality, I call decency.

Joan Didion

I lead a very conventional life.

Peter Jennings

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

Steven Levitt

The conventional wisdom is often wrong.

Rush Limbaugh

I reject most conventional wisdom.

David Hewson

I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling.

Sonakshi Sinha

I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much wider audience. That's how I look at it.

Meister Eckhart

Words derive their power from the original word.

Philip Johnson

I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.

George Gershwin

It is always possible to create something original.

Rumi

There is an original inside me.

William Arthur Ward

Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.