“All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.” ThinkingMenAttentionEconomySuccessfulExcellenceExpectedEmploymentPerformingUnusualEmployersStalkingStalking Me Book:Succeeding With What You Have Source: Succeeding With What You Have
“I suggest that what artists do in all media can be summarized as deliberately performing the operations that occur instinctively during a ritualized behaviour: they simplify or formalize, repeat (sometimes with variation), exaggerate, and elaborate in both space and time for the purpose of attracting attention and provoking and manipulating emotional response.” ArtSometimesPoetryPurposeArtistSpaceAttentionMediaEmotionalResponseOperationsPerformingRepeatsBehaviourProvokingTime And SpaceVariationSimplifyEmotional Response Author:Ellen Dissanayake
“For about three years I was performing at one bar in East Los Angeles that was like a mean dive bar. You're in there performing for drunks or bikers, not the most flattering people. I think it helped build my confidence, because you have to get their attention, then make them laugh.” PeopleThinkingYearsMeanThreeAttentionLaughingEastBarsPerformingLos AngelesThree YearsFlatteringBikers Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“I had a real passion for performing. I craved the attention. I was a goofy kid just like I am a goofy adult. So as soon as I got the bug of getting laughs and getting on stage I just couldn't stop.” RealKidsPassionAttentionLaughingStageAdultsPerformingBugsGoofy Author:Tom Green
“I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a decision what I was going to go to college for, and at the time, I also painted and sculpted. I got more attention for my performing, so I thought that was a better idea.” Has BeensIdeasSchoolArtistDecisionAttentionCollegeHigh SchoolPerformingVisualsVisual ArtVisual Artist Author:Josh Young