On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
JAMES DEANIt’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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