Happenings Quotes - Page 21

• That was a piece I did in 1963 with Konrad Lueg in a department store, in the furniture department. It was announced in some papers as an exhibition opening, but the people who came didn't know that it was to be a sort of Happening. I don't think it is quite right that it has become so famous anyhow. It was just a lot of fun, and the word itself, Capitalist Realism, hit just right. But it wasn't such a big deal.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Fun, Thinking

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• I originally came from Dresden, where Socialist Realism prevailed. Konrad Lueg and I came up with it, for the most part ironically, since I now live in capitalism. It was certainly 'realism', but in another form - the capitalist form, as it were. It wasn't meant that seriously. It was more a slogan for that particular Happening at a furniture store.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Furniture, Form

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• While non of us understands the Grand Design, we can commit to using all our experiences, good or bad, as the building blocks of a powerful and loving life. Then it is, indeed, all happening perfectly.

  Susan Jeffers

  Powerful, Attitude, Block

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• A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Hard Times, Winning

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• Notice how every science fiction movie or television show starts with a shot of the location where the story is about to occur. Movies that take place in outer space always start with a shot of stars and a starship. Movies that take place on another world always start with a shot of that planet. This is to let you know where you are. Novels and stories start the same way. You have to give the reader a sense of where he is and what's happening as quickly as possible. You don't want to start the story by confusing the reader.

  David Gerrold

  Stars, Writing, Space

  David Gerrold (2001). “Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy”, Writers Digest Books

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• From what I hear is happening, young Indian boxers have started to do well on the world stage and started to gain the attention of the general audience.

  Evander Holyfield

  Attention, World, Boxers

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• It is in our interests to let the police and their employers go on believing that the Underground is a conspiracy, because it increases their paranoia and their inability to deal with what is really happening. As long as they look for ringleaders and documents they will miss their mark, which is that proportion of every personality which belongs in the Underground.

  Germaine Greer

  Believe, Long, Missing

  Germaine Greer (1990). “The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings”, p.16, Atlantic Monthly Press

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• Acting is making it seem like it's happening now.

  Anne Jackson

  Acting, Seems

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• You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's what's happening to me right now.

  Mira Sorvino

  School, Play, People

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• Eighty percent of what everyone's talking about never happens. I don't mean in terms of product development that's happening right now, I'm talking about the far-flung visions of the future.

  Jay Chiat

  Mean, Talking, Visions Of The Future

  "Virtual Chiat". Interview with David Dix, www.wired.com. July 1, 1994.

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• I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surface. If you were not at the receiving end of this mayhem you could be unaware of it. It was possible to live through the decade preoccupied by the mortgage and the pence you saved on your income tax. It was also possible for those of us who saw what was happening to turn our eyes in a different direction; but what, in another decade, had been a trip to the clap clinic was now a trip to the mortuary.

  Derek Jarman

  Eye, Wish, Receiving

  Derek Jarman (1993). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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• In this world, artists are joyous. Unpredictability is the life of their paintings, their music, their novels. They delight in events not forecasted, happenings without explanation, retrospective.

  Alan Lightman

  Artist, Events, Delight

  Alan Lightman (2011). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.29, Vintage

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• Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves in me over the years. It's a condition in me.

  Millard Drexler

  Running, Creativity, Years

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• To keep a diary is to attempt a difficult literary form. Its effectiveness is likely to derive from a special blend of honesty and appetite for life that gives the power to record everyday happenings while magically freeing them from banality and triviality.

  William Plomer

  Honesty, Appetite For Life, Effectiveness

  Robert Francis Kilvert, William Plomer (1969). “Kilvert's diary: selections from the diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert, 1 January 1870-[13 March 1879]”, Jonathan Cape

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• The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.

  Matthew Perry

  Goal, Laughing, Guy

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• I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.

  Ronnie Wood

  Nice, Journalist

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• I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr as a real player is exciting. I think Pinterest has proved to be a major player. It's fun to see Instagram become a major player. It's fun to watch things like SnapChat, and Vine, try to vie to be the next thing.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Fun, Real, Thinking

  "Gary Vaynerchuk On Social Media Trends, Time Management, Online & Real-Life Balance (Q&A)". Interview with Craig Kanalley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 1, 2013.

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• I'm raising a child, and it's public. The media creates these dramas, and that's not what's happening in my life.

  Bridget Moynahan

  Children, Drama, Media

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to.

  Steve Carell

  Talking, Wife, Why Now

  "Steve Carell learns to love his first time". www.today.com. August 17, 2005.

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• It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?

  M. Ward

  Song, Fun, Way

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• I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed, it's almost scary. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have a wildly sunny disposition. I love to laugh.

  Daniel Gilbert

  Sorry, Blessed, Optimistic

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• I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!

  Max Greenfield

  Congratulations, Believe, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.

  Eve Arnold

  Reality, Ideas, Cameras

  Eve Arnold (1995). “Eve Arnold: in retrospect”, Random House (UK)

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• Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global warming, global financial meltdown, bird flu, swine flu, SARS. I think people really feel like the system's breaking down.

  Max Brooks

  Thinking, Iraq, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all.

  Carla Bley

  Rocks, World, Worthwhile

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