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 finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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