“I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.” FeelsLongCareersComfortableLong TimeTheatreBackgrounds Author:Ann Dowd
“Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before. I have not a word to say against contented people so long as they keep quiet.” PeopleIfsWayWellsLongPlayAgeFormSpiritAudienceQuietIntelligentActiveBackgroundsPortraitsRespectableNeat Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“There's a certain fast-food approach to the whole music thing that's changed the role it plays for us all. You are doing it while you are doing other things. Not that that is new - people have had music on in the background as long as there has been music.” PeopleLongHas BeensPlayWholeCertainRolesChangedApproachBackgroundsFast Food Author:Tom Waits
“My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in collaboration with other artists in the creation of performances and installation works. Soon after, I started making video and photographic works and in the process became fascinated with the media itself. Before long I was setting things up just for the camera. In l970 I got a dog and he turned out to be very interested in video and photography as well.” WellsLongSchoolArtistProcessMediaDogCreationPaintingPhotographyPerformancesCamerasBackgroundsSettingVideoSettingsCollaborationFascinatedSixtyInstallation Author:William Wegman