Able Quote by Camille Henrot Download Open image “I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.” — Camille Henrot ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Able Heavy Humor Ideas Powerful Thinking Tools Very powerful
Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The thing that I'm known for - at least, depending on what Subreddit you go to - is being a comedian. And so, even… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
I often use humor as a tool in my writing, and sometimes that works and sometimes it sits alone just as a funny line. — Hannes Holm Copy Share Image
When I am ever in any situation that's getting too heavy, I lighten it up with humor. — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it. — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more… — William Collins Copy Share Image
Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
Daily life is both the subject and environment of the work I am making. — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
Basically, art should remain something that is complex, that has many layers, so there's always a possibility to reconsider things and have a different… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
I'm working on new techniques. I'm trying to find a way to make fresco that can be detached from a wall, and I'm trying… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
Whether I'm at home and researching online or whether I'm in the studio just drawing, I think I'm more interested in practical research -… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
When I think about the reference to baroque, I'm most interested in how art was integrated into domestic life. That's why I like fresco,… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
I like to make sculpture because it makes my life social. When I make drawings, I work alone. When I work with sculpture I… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
Art has to maintain as large a space for interpretation as possible, and to protect itself from being too narrow. — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
A lot of my work deals with this emotion of discouragement or fear, and this emotion cannot be approached without humor because then things… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
I'm spending a lot of time in the Palazzo and in the museums. I'm printing [pictures that I take] and making a binder with… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
What I like about baroque is the reemergence of pre-Christian religion. The art of baroque mixes ancient pre-Christian myths with Christian imagery and each… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often stronger to… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
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Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
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What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
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