Van Husain Quotes

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar. ~ Gus Van Sant

I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension - the attitude that they are inferior to you. I always assume they have good minds. ~ Mark Van Doren

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh ... Robert Schumann has been mentioned ... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath ... some of them with rather grim ends. ~ Stephen Fry

It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique temples, Roman basilicas, and even the cathedrals of the Middle Ages are not the works of single personalities but creations of entire epochs. ~ Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

If only we try to live righteously, we shall fare well, even though we are bound to encounter genuine sadness and real disappointments and shall probably commit real mistakes and do things that are wrong, but it is certainly better to be ardent in spirit, even though one makes more mistakes, than narrow-minded and overly-cautious. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

I paint only what I love.
[Vincent Van Gogh] ~ Irving Stone

Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place. ~ Carice Van Houten

Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them ~ Eddie Van Halen

It was truly revealing. The strength of the intervention, the intensity of colors and the happiness of this work, has never left me. ~ Bram Van Velde

Think of this: If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no van Gogh, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong. The civilization that devises the infrastructure to allow these wonderful things to be created is essentially a product of war - death and suffering - and commerce - deceit and inequality. Even your liberty to discuss the shortcomings of your own species has its foundations in blood and hardship." "That's a depressing thought, ~ Jasper Fforde

Be careful not to trip over the ottoman. ~ Dick Van Dyke

There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started. ~ Eddie Van Halen

I was in 27 Broadway plays in a row as a kid, and in between, I learned how to play the horses from the stagehands. ~ Dick Van Patten

It was time to call on my old paisan Steve Van Zandt. ~ Bruce Springsteen

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life. ~ Ludwig Van Beethoven

Money can be repaid, but not kindness such as yours. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Is that permanent?" I ask, reaching out to touch her new pink hair before she slaps my hand away.
"I'm trying something new," she says, undaunted. She points to Barbie's Dream House and says, "We enter through the sky-light in the master bedroom. Here."
Rosie points to the Barbie jeep and says, "Where are we going to get our mobile observation unit?"
"Noah's going to borrow his mom's van," Megan says.
Rosie nods, but Noah just says, "I am?"
"You are," Megan says. ~ Ally Carter

Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But I met people along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways. ~ Sharon Van Etten

I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay. ~ Rachel Zoe

When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field of forces, charged with energy - as Faraday saw the stresses surrounding magnets and currents as curves in space; or as Van Gogh saw vortices in the skies of Provence. ~ Arthur Koestler

The elementary self system in the brain stem and limbic system is massively activated when people are faced with the threat of annihilation, which results in an overwhelming sense of fear and terror accompanied by intense physiological arousal. To people who are reliving a trauma, nothing makes sense; they are trapped in a life-or-death situation, a state of paralyzing fear or blind rage. Mind and body are constantly aroused, as if they are in imminent danger. ~ Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

He tasted like cinnamon - too bad I was allergic to cinnamon. Good thing I didn't go into anaphylactic shock from the kiss. That would have been awkward ~ Rachel Van Dyken

Don't think that people hate you, strongly dislike is a better word for it. ~ Sarah Van Waterschoot

I had liked him for all the wrong reasons. ~ Wendelin Van Draanen

A player you can buy in 24 hours, believe me. That's not a problem ~ Louis Van Gaal

It wasn't through choice that I became a mum at 36. I wanted to be a young mum but things never worked out for me. ~ Denise Van Outen

You are a multidimensiona l being because your human body houses your spirit body, and your spirit body is not limited by dimensions of time, space, or form. As you grow spiritually, you become more perceptive of these other dimensions. ~ James Van Praagh

In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the closer cultivation, east of the Mississippi, of ground already marked. ~ Carl Clinton Van Doren

Culture is "lived religion". It is the form that religion takes in the lives of men. ~ Henry R. Van Til

I'm a very optimistic person. I have the chance to listen to so much phenomenal music. Connecting with social networking to create music is a progression of what electronic music does anyway - it connects people. ~ Paul Van Dyk

She groaned again, and really, I wondered, in that moment, would death be worth it? Was a lifetime of friendship with Nixon that meaningless that I would just toss it away for one more chance with this girl? ~ Rachel Van Dyken

My heart will always beat for you and you alone, my friend, my lover, my enemy, my soul. ~ Rachel Van Dyken

I'm not a movie star. I'm a brand name. Van Damme is like Levi's. I go on vacation, and everywhere I go, people love me for my name, not for my movies. ~ Jean-Claude Van Damme

I'm not going to be able to sleep a wink tonight.
I hate shelters.
People coughing and snoring and hacking up who-knows-what.
It's a nightmare.
But I do have clean teeth. ~ Wendelin Van Draanen

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone
without getting a little on yourself ~ Abigail Van Buren

I am the Fred Astaire of karate. ~ Jean-Claude Van Damme

One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Every damn breath hurt like hell, but I kept Breathing too. I told myself it would be a privilege to breathe through pain like that for the rest of my life - just knowing each breath was a gift. ~ Rachel Van Dyken

I missed the war and the freedom that came with it. When you are that close to death, you feel free. Every breath you take could be your last. So you inhale and savor each breath, try not to think about your death even though signs of it are all around you. The freedom comes from knowing that if anybody gives you crap, you can eliminate them and the situation. Just shoot and get it over with. ~ Clint Van Winkle

I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts. ~ Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

I have seen without perceiving I have been another man Let me pierce the realm of glamour So I know just what I am. ~ Van Morrison

I'm not a smuggler, I'm a missionary. I have chosen to be obedient and not turn away from danger. So when government says, 'No!', I said, 'wait a minute', God said, 'Go!', so I didn't listen to the 'No!' ~ Andrew Van Der Bijl

If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it. ~ Abigail Van Buren

She's it for me. She's everything. No doubt about it. And I'll protect her with every last breath I have in me if I have to. ~ Jennifer Van Wyk

I don't play golf. I have more fun singing and dancing. ~ Dick Van Dyke

Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age ... are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven. ~ Henry Van Dyke