#red

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#artist #box #her #i #integrity

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

#cannot #either #good #good taste #imitated

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure. ↗

— George Crumb

#future #i #into #more #nonetheless

Some of us have a ragged faith. You cry for a long time, and then after that are defeated and flattened for a long time. Then somehow life starts up again. ... Some aching beauty comes with huge loss, although maybe not right away when it would be helpful. Life is a very powerful force, despite the constant discouragement. So if you are a person with connections to life, a few tendrils eventually break through the sidewalk of loss, and you notice them, maybe space out studying them for a few moments, or maybe they tickle you into movement and response, if only because you have to scratch your nose. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#beauty

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#declared #drum #effective #hold #impossible

I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients. ↗

— Ice Cube

#cup #give #give me #i #ingredients

You know, I got the third most uninsured district in the whole state of Texas, probably number nine in the whole country. As a Blue Dog, I'm also looking at the cost. So, I have got a very unique district. ↗

— Henry Cuellar

#blue #cost #country #district #dog

I was so scared of going back to the theatre after 'Hamlet.' I didn't know if I'd do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#after #again #back #because #going

You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#anyone #doing #exhausted #films #get

The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#forget #get #hear #i #list