“'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?” Quote by David Mitchell
“As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.” LongInterestingPossibilityUniformsCivilisationEthnicityBadges Author:David Mitchell
“I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.” PeopleMadePaintingDrugAwful Author:Jean-Michel Basquiat
“I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.” PaintingChickens Book:Basquiat Source: Basquiat
“I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.” WantedStarsFameGalleryMascots Book:Basquiat Source: Basquiat
“There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'” ThreadExit Author:Jean-Michel Basquiat
“Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.” LoveHas BeensFrustratedIncentivesGreat Work Author:John N. Mitchell
“I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.” BigsKidsRememberArtistGuyWinningPerfectPaintingLosingDrawsAbstractContestsMessyRams Book:Basquiat Source: Basquiat
“Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.” LifeHardEasyGriefSorrowSympathy For A Friend Author:Joni Mitchell
“You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.” WritingKindMomentsProblemEyeSongMusicEmotionalPeriodsComplainingClarityThat MomentSongwritingSongwritersSensitivityMoments Of ClarityEmotional Problems Author:Joni Mitchell
“Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.” StupidDecidedShallow Author:Joni Mitchell