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“I think around that time I met David [Gordon Green] or, well, we all met at Superbad and Judd [Apatow] said, 'I'm thinking about having him direct [ Knocked Up].' Sounded like a good idea.”

Thinking Wells Said Ideas Mets Direct Green Good Ideas Knocked Up

Author:Seth Rogen

“I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find.”

Thinking World Information Agents Around The World Collectors

Author:Robert Mueller

“I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.”

Thinking America These Days Airports Arriving Departing

Author:Roger Moore

“I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights movement wouldn't have the same resonance without the songs from everyone from Pete Seeger to Odetta to James Brown.”

Thinking Art Past Song Courses Rights Movement Inspire Civil Rights Brown Civil Rights Movement Resonance

Author:Saul Williams

“I think art can reflect tragedy.”

Thinking Art Tragedy

Author:John Corigliano

“I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.”

Thinking Art Ideas Imagination Creative Conditions Currents Vehicle New Ideas Be Creative

Author:Ai Weiwei

“I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.”

Thinking World Art Discomfort Fitting

Author:Yann Martel

“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”

People Thinking Art Important Country Government Young Beauty Art Education Universal Education

Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov

“I think art has a right — not an obligation — to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go on from this to talk about elitism versus democracy, I would add that genuinely difficult art is truly democratic.”

People Ifs Thinking Art Wish Difficult Democracy Goes On Art Is Add Democratic Obligation Versus Elitism

Author:Geoffrey Hill

“I think art is a total thing. A total person giving a contribution. It is an essence, a soul.. In my inner soul art and life are inseparable”

Thinking Giving Persons Art Soul Art Is Essence Contribution Inseparable Art And Life

Author:Eva Hesse

Source: Eva Hesse: Longing, Belonging and Displacement

“I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom”

Thinking Humans Art Important Achieve Weapons Art Is Human Freedom

Author:Ai Weiwei

“I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human.”

Thinking Humans Art Existence Expression Art Is Human Existence Default

Author:Robert Gober

“I think art is beautiful. It's decoration and adornment. But art is also a really important vessel for social change, and social change begins with thought. And so if you can find humor in something and take a moment to rethink it, you can take a step back and look at your values from a different angle. I think that's a really important way of carrying on with life. I think the best art for me is funny and the best comedy for me is art. Some of my favorite artists are comedians. Comedy is art, and art can be comedy, and the intersection is vital - at least for my own work.”

Thinking Art Important Different Moments Beautiful Artist Values Comedy Art Is My Favorite Comedian Social Change Vessel Decoration

Author:Chloe Wise

“I think art is definitely a great thing, and looked at as a way to open people up.”

People Thinking Way Art Art Is Great Things

Author:Amy Ray

“I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings.”

People Thinking Art Important Ends Painting Art Is Importance The End Of The Day Looking Back Looking Forward

Author:Damien Hirst

“I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.”

Thinking Mind Art Creation Art Is Destruction Scar Tissue

Author:Anthony Kiedis

“I think art is much more about an engagement with the world, a way of being called upon and recognizing that the world is speaking to you. Which isn't quite solitude, even if you're alone when it happens.”

Thinking World Art Solitude Art Is

Author:Rachel Kushner

“I think art is sublimated libido. You can’t be a eunuch priest, and you can’t be a eunuch artist.”

Thinking Art Artist Art Is Priests Libido Eunuchs

Author:Anthony Burgess

Source: Conversations with Anthony Burgess

“I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.”

People Thinking Art Stories Ability Art Is Interaction Marketplace Ability To Change

Author:Seth Godin

Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

“I think art is the development of this interface between mind and matter, between mind and phenomenon, between what's inside of us and what's happening outside of us. It developed over the course of the last 35,000 years. We made a lot of improvements because it not only gave us the tools to understand the world better, but it also gave us better and better tools to do it. It's that continuous relationship: technology and discernment.”

Thinking World Years Mind Art Made Matter Lasts Courses Technology Development Happenings Art Is Tools Improvement Phenomenon Discernment Interfaces Mind And Matter

Author:Vik Muniz

“I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind form all repression. I say not that art has already realized this, on the contrary, and because it has not, it has to be developed as a weapon, at first there are radical levels, then you can speak about special details.”

Thinking Firsts Art Form Political Speak Levels Special Weapons Art Is Details Contrary Radical Revolutionary Humankind Repression Political Power

Author:Joseph Beuys

“I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.”

People Thinking World Should Believe Mean Persons Art Spiritual Art Is Refuse Interpretation Copyright

Author:Marilyn Manson

“I think art is, unfortunately, sometimes our only shot at communicating our indignation safely and effectively.”

Thinking Art Sometimes Art Is Shots Communicate Indignation

Author:Andrea Suarez Paz

“I think art must be the place where you are protected from the logic of the outside world.”

Thinking World Art Logic Where You Are Protected Outside World

Author:Camille Henrot

“I think art parallels life; it is not a report on nature or on intimate disclosure of inner secrets. Color, in my opinion, behaves like man -- in two distinct ways: first in self-realization and then in the realization of relationships with others.”

Thinking Men Way Firsts Art Two Self Secret Opinion Color Self Realization Realization Behave Intimate Reports Parallels Disclosure Relationships With Others

Author:Josef Albers

“I think art should be controversial. I think it should make people think.”

People Thinking Should Art Controversial

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“I think art world will have consolidated, I think it will slow down a little bit. I think it will be less white and Western, which it is still at the moment. There will be more female artists in the mix. I think we'll see art forms explored through different media - the Internet, television, books, even. We'll see art produced in forms and media that we haven't seen yet.”

Thinking World Art Book Different Moments Artist Internet Female Western Slow Down

Author:Will Gompertz

“I think art, at best, holds up a mirror to humanity.”

Thinking Art Humanity Mirrors

Author:John Spencer

“I think art, if it's meaningful at all, is a conversation with other artists. You say something, they say something, you move back and forth.”

Ifs Thinking Art Moving Artist Conversation Meaningful Back And Forth

Author:John Baldessari

“I think art, the discipline of creating, really does require tremendous solitude. But the whole creative process can seal your life to such an extent that while you're creating, you feel very self-sufficient. I've certainly experienced that.”

Thinking Art Creative Discipline Solitude Creative Process Seals

Author:Joyce Johnson

“I think articulating things through song is a good way of letting people know that they're not alone.”

People Thinking Knows Way Song Not Alone Good Way Articulating

Author:Dan Mangan

“I think artists almost always end up turning to what's around them, what's in their environment or outside their window.”

Thinking Art Ends Artist Environment Window

Author:Susan Rothenberg

“I think artists are entitled to their songs. I'm very vocal and I understand that not everybody's gonna like me; it's not for everyone.”

Thinking Artist Song Like Me Entitled Vocal

Author:Jean Grae

“I think artists are going to express things from an emotional point of view, that's their job, to suggest and interpret, and report what they witness. That's their job as artists, you're looking for the rub, where's the rub, you're a storyteller, you're looking for the rub, not necessarily the solutions, or you're not necessarily educated, you're not the winner of a debate contest, a national debate contest, you're not necessarily a person who has a doctorate in anything.”

Thinking Persons Jobs Artist Views Emotional Solutions Point Of View Debate Educated Witness Winner Reports Storyteller Contests Doctorates

Author:Maynard James Keenan

“I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.”

Thinking Seems Artist Levels Healing Situation Vision Solutions

Author:Susan Griffin

“I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what you know in ever-decreasing derivation, that's unchallenging and unstimulating, deadens our minds, our imagination and our ability to see beyond the hell we find ourselves in.”

People Thinking Knows Mind Artist Imagination Challenges Ability Hell Influence Repeats Flip Ability To See

Author:Thom Yorke

“I think artists like Justin Bieber really opened up a door for younger artists to be respected in the industry. I really like what he did.”

Thinking Artist Doors Industry Justin

Author:Jackson Guthy

“I think artists should be able to do different things whenever they want and I like the way I am. I'm like - I ain't gonna say the only street rapper, but the only mainstream, new, young street rapper there is right now and I'm doing well with it.”

Thinking Way Want Should Wells Different Able Young Artist Streets Right Now Different Things Rapper Mainstream

Author:Meek Mill

“I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world.”

Thinking World Should Artist Speak Relate

Author:Jose Parla

“I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.”

Thinking Artist Screens Capability

Author:Laurie Anderson

“I think as - all in all, it's better to have a cool president than a not cool president.”

Thinking President

Author:Jonah Goldberg

“I think as a 20-year-old you expect life to always be easy. You get given a good hand and the chance to race in Formula One. You think the driver can make the difference, can make up for everything else within the team. But that is not the case. You are racing in such a competitive sport so that doesn't happen.”

Thinking Years Hands Happens Given Easy Sports Differences Chance Race Cases Team Drivers Formulas Racing Old You Formula One Competitive Sports

Author:Jenson Button

“I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling.”

“I think as a celebrity, we have to teach the young generation how to speak with the old generation.”

Thinking Young Speak Teach Generations Young Generation

Author:Jackie Chan

“I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.”

Thinking Knows Children Parent Realising Splits Love Each Other Dysfunction

Author:Abbie Cornish

“I think as a company, if you can get two things right--having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people who can execute on the stuff--then you can do pretty well.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Wells Two Stuff Can Do Company Clear Two Things Great People Clear Direction

Author:Mark Zuckerberg

“I think as a consequence of that, there is also a fair amount of uncertainty about engaging in political activity that would be immediately suspect and seen as evidence as a sort of resurgent militancy.”

Thinking Would Be Political Amount Activity Evidence Consequence Fairs Uncertainty Suspects Engaging Militancy

Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

“I think as a culture, we don't like conflict or looking at icky stuff - especially in our downtime.”

Thinking Culture Stuff Conflict Downtime

Author:Kathleen Hanna

“I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.”

People Thinking Firsts Theatre Excitement Filmmaker Contribution Good Movie

Author:Michael Moore

“I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.”

Thinking Trying Ends Film Middle Expectations Filmmaker Beginning Middle And End

Author:Mark Boal

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