#been

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#because #been #i #i think #irrational

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#any #artist #aware #been #before

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#afraid #always #been #beginning #form

I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #artist #asked #back #because

Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#been #card #credit #credit card #get

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#domestic #exquisite #homey #kitchen #kitchen table

I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#been #good #good living #i #living

Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#couple #doing #i #just #last

Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #could #forget #had #like

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #boring #dull #image #left