“I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.” PeopleWantStrongFeltAttitudeEnvironmentGrewGrew UpRoughYour Presence Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I felt exactly like the man in the advertisement who has not devoted fifteen minutes a day to the study of the classics. If only (I thought) I had devoted fifteen minutes a day to the cultivation of the aesthetic attitude! I could bound Afghanistan.” IfsMenFeltAttitudeStudyMinutesHe ManBoundsAfghanistanAestheticDevotedFifteenAdvertisementsCultivation Author:Burton Rascoe
“I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself.” Has BeensArtHardFactsFeltBornAttitudeIllSpiteDistrustBrutalityMy AttitudeCarried AwayDisgusted Author:Edgar Degas
“[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement.” FeltAttitudeLeaderMovementRoseCharacteristicsDislikeDefiningBakersOlder WomenTop Down Author:Gail Collins
“Actually even at the beginning of my career, I never felt rejected. I was still working hard and believed in myself. I wasn't in a hurry and was picking and choosing projects carefully even then when I was just a newcomer. My attitude towards films hasn't changed even after these years.” YearsStillsHardFilmFeltAttitudeCareersChangedProjectsRejectedMy AttitudeNewcomersPicking And Choosing Author:Katrina Kaif
“What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And just when I felt I could finally take a break, I encounter the age discrimination. I turned 72 and started noticing a drastic difference in people's attitudes. I started with racism and sexism in the beginning and fought them so hard and was finally ready to relax. Then, here comes ageism, and I feel like, "Give me a break!"” PeopleGivingFeelsStillsHardAgeArtistFeltDifferencesAttitudeBreakReadyRacismGive MeSurpriseDiscriminationEncountersRelaxSexismNoticingSurprise MeRacial DiscriminationDrasticAgeism Author:Yoko Ono
“What I always hoped for out of the psychedelic voyaging was to bring back something. I always felt, and still feel, that that is the attitude with which you should go into these things.” FeelsShouldStillsFeltAttitudePsychedelic Author:Terence McKenna
“I wanted to challenge myself and move into something new. I felt that using the name Swans and the sonic attitude that that engenders was what I needed to move forward musically, and it's led to lots of new things.” WantedMovingNamesFeltChallengesAttitudeNeededMoving ForwardSomething NewNew ThingsSwans Author:Michael Gira
“The conventional wisdom of fandom is that you must give your fans anything they want. But I've never felt that that's a healthy attitude - and that comes from being a Star Wars fan.” WantGivingWarStarsFeltAttitudeFansHealthyConventionalConventional WisdomFandoms Author:DJ Shadow
“As a young girl I was a real tomboy, only listening to myself. I carried on with this attitude even as a woman and when I first launched the Sonia Rykiel line, and said to women to remove their bras or when I designed sweaters with stitches inside out, everybody said to me that it was crazy and risky, but I ignored what they said and I did what I felt was right at the time.” FirstsSaidRealYoungGirlFeltLinesAttitudeCrazyListeningRemoveIgnoredThey SaidSweatersBrasStitches Author:Sonia Rykiel
“To be a recipient of a communication is to have an enlarged and changed experience. One shares in what another has thought and felt and in so far, meagerly or amply, has his own attitude modified.” FeltAttitudeShareChangedCommunication Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.” KindDifferentFeltAttitudePaintingDeservePaintPainterShyDifferent KindsAdopted Author:Black Francis
“I exist in the zine/small press community, which has always felt more even keel to me, when it comes to creators of varied gender backgrounds. But I also think that there is something to be said about the fact that even though I am female, I present closer to male in my way of dress and attitude/confidence/outspokeness, so I am treated differently by my male counterparts in a positive way.” ThinkingWaySaidFactsFeltCommunityAttitudeFemaleDressesPressesMalesCreatorGenderBackgroundsTreatedMy WayCounterpartsKeelZines Author:Liz Prince