Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
JAMES DEANLive fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
JAMES DEANThe clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
JAMES DEANTo my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
JAMES DEANYou are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANAt times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
JAMES DEANMy purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
JAMES DEANOn 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 DEANAn actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
JAMES DEANI’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
JAMES DEANWhatever’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.
JAMES DEANRacing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEANI wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
JAMES DEANIf I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
JAMES DEANThere is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEANI don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
JAMES DEANAm I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
JAMES DEAN