Read quote“If I had to explain what I do to someone, to myself if I was not an artist, I would say that I make kind of dreamscapes.”
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Read quote“You wouldn't just down tools. It's not been in my nature to do that.”
Read quote“I'm not the despot I'm depicted as.”
Read quote“All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome.”
Read quote“Māori had to live and work in a Pākehā world, but a Māori attending a tangihanga or a hui “comes back right into the middle of things Māori…he recharges his Māori batteries.””
Read quote“They made them strangers in the country of their own birth.”
Read quote“I started taking self-portraits simply to use up spare film.”
Read quote“How do you want to be remembered?”
Read quote“We accept no condition of inferiority as compared to the European people. Quite the contrary is the case. We called no man master and we had no king.”
Read quote“We've shown some good glimpses, now we need to put it together for the full 80 minutes.”
Read quote“It's always been a crowning glory to be asked to coach your own national team.”
Read quote“My work can represent links in the evolving narrative of memory and identity.”
Read quote“There is lots of room for idealism and passion in journalism.”
Read quote“At fifteen, I was fond of swordsmanship and ranged broadly in search of employment with various lords.”
Read quote“I think every year I feel more and more prepared.”
Read quote“For me, it’s like the same way you’re going to say Nas is an R&B singer because he’s from America or Whitney Houston was a rapper because rap is the most popping thing now.”
Read quote“And we will win.”
Read quote“Člověk slevuje ustavičně a v tom je vlastně celá životní filosofie: slevovati z ideálů svých a s mladického blouznění, aby hlávka zůstala celá a koza byla nasycena.”
Read quote“عابوا قريضي وما عابوا بمعرفةِ ولن ترى الشمسَ أبصارَ الخفافيشِ”
Read quote“I have a sore warfare in this world!”