#arts

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#both #damage #first #me #much

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world. ↗

— Ted Allen

#cooking #cuisines #cultures #curiosity #guest

I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street. ↗

— GG Allin

#i #outta #records #shopping #sold

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin. ↗

— Tori Amos

#analyze #begin #bleeding #cleansing #crawl

I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#always #brunette #cast #doing #exotic

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#about #approach #body #building #buildings

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#casting #color #directors #easy #films

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#down #everything #experienced #having #narrow

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#acting #along #bring #decade #experience

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer. ↗

— Joan Van Ark

#i #idiot #joke #least #longer