#pain

I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite. ↗

— Vincent Gallo

#beautiful paintings #deny #did #i #just

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#could #else #i #i see #marvellous

I've been working at performing for five years now. I've been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars; I could have had legal problems, but it's also the only way to get to know what music is all about. ↗

— Andy Gibb

#also #australia #bars #been #could

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add. ↗

— Nelson Goodman

#add #artist #cognitive #coming #hear

In Spain there's the king - and then there's Antonio. ↗

— Melanie Griffith

#king #spain #then

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom. ↗

— Paul Greengrass

#give #inspiring #painful #remembering #wisdom

The government has made $44 trillion in promises we can't afford to keep. We must get serious now about our long-term budgetary problems, recognizing that the sooner we act, the less painful the choices will be. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#act #afford #budgetary #choices #get

A void in my chest was beginning to fill with anger. Quiet, defeated anger that guaranteed me the right to my hurt, that believed no one could possibly understand that hurt. ↗

— Rachel Sontag

#hurt #pain #sad #sadness #void

You retire when you are sick and when you can't do it any more or when the public retires you. That's the most painful, because that's the one that leaves you wanting to accomplish more. ↗

— Julio Iglesias

#any #because #leaves #more #most

Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned. ↗

— Michael Imperioli

#been #buildings #certain #city #detroit