I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
BARBRA STREISANDArt is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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