#wanting

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 think we all share a view about wanting to make sure we have a healthy river and we're looking forward to the plan and in the lead-up to that we've agreed to speak again. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#again #agreed #forward #healthy #i

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist. ↗

— Steven Squyres

#i #remember #scientist #wanting

Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#climb #exclusively #i #kept #light

I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#apologise #audiences #avoid #bad #bands

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#justice #wanting #world

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#career #comedy #doing #found #grew

The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#basis #character #creating #else #important

It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows - ↗

— Derek Landy

#humor #landy #leaving #skuldugerry-pleasant #wanting

He isn't interested in simple. He wants what he wants. No matter how much trouble she is and no matter whether he even understands it himself. ↗

— Deanna Raybourn

#not-simple #wanting #wants #love