“When I'm naked, I really like to do push-ups. No. I think I really tackle it like everything else. If you're going to commit yourself to playing something, you have to be able to understand it. If you can understand it, then you can do it and go balls out with it. But, I've never been in a position where I've been like, "This doesn't feel right." I wouldn't do it, if it was that. I like the shock value of it. I think that, if you use it correctly, it's pretty effective, as long as I'm lit really, really, really well.” IfsThinkingFeelsWellsLongUseAbleValuesCan DoPositionBallsCommitNakedShockYou Can Do ItLitFeels RightPush UpsShock Value Author:Charlize Theron
“I draw to shock myself out of a too-easy rhythm - I may begin with no conception whatever, an image emerges . I rub it out and begin again, searching for its counterpart. When it appears I invariably find that the thing I draw is at my elbow, it is out of the window, or has been standing at my front door for a long time.” MayLongHas BeensEasyDoorsFrontsLong TimeDrawsStandingWindowRhythmShockConceptionElbowsCounterpartsBegin AgainFront Doors Author:Sean William Scott
“An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long.” KnowsShouldLongArtLastsArtistValuesShockArt HistoryShock Value Author:Robert Longo
“My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.” ThinkingHeartLongFeelingsNightLiteratureSleepGriefMy HeartUniversalWake UpShockWakingAll NightAssassinationIndignationRighteous Indignation Author:Elizabeth Gaskell
“It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own lives.” LongEnjoyRemainsShockAtrocities Author:Paula Marantz Cohen