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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#creative people #date #i #i think #mind

And what cats have to tell on each return from hell is this: that dying is what the living do, that dying is what the loving do, and that dead dogs are those who do not know that dying is what, to live, each has to do. ↗

— Alastair Reid

#curiosity #death #dogs #dying #life

I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#born #halfway #his way #i #i was born

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past. ↗

— Charles J. Givens

#effectively #first #future #go #let go

I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#am #believe #could #girl #glamorous

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#art #artist #audience #creating #discovered

I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#album #also #away #big #did

When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#breathe #gaga #i #i do #just

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#everybody #genre #hates #making #more

Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#actor #artist #great #me #musician