#rin

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is. ↗

— Don Johnson

#material #matter #motivates #really #then

Sometime during the mid-50s I said, 'I am an artist.' Before that, for many years, I had said, 'I'm going to be an artist.' Then I went through a change of mind and a change of heart. What made 'going to be an artist' into 'being an artist', was, in part, a spiritual change. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#artist #before #being #change #during

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#artist #become #being #bring #condition

I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career. ↗

— Allen Johnson

#been #career #during #every #false

Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#bring #city #economy #fantastic #forward

During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#community #community service #dallas #during #election

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one. ↗

— Eyvind Johnson

#bring #closer #goal #hope #injustice

Designers send me clothes I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing. ↗

— Norah Jones

#comfortable #designers #feel #i #me

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#country #danger #disease #few #hate

The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#business #cia #families #family #into