#i am

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things. ↗

— Jack L. Chalker

#am #among #baton #colonel #honorary

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

#am #before #came #confused #having

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#am #challenge #comes #completely #consequences

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#arguing #attempt #autonomy #certainly #even

I am really, really tired. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#i #i am #really #tired

More understand China, then more people will have interest in China and more people will come to China to visit us because I am a tourist ambassador. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#ambassador #because #china #come #i

The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#am #anyone #call #crazier #fearless

I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#asked #books #capacity #dearest #editorial

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#am #answer #anything #change #door