Artist Quote by Douglas Henshall Download Open image “I read Ann Cleeves's books and think the way she paints Shetland is very interesting.” — Douglas Henshall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Books Cleeves Books Paints Shetland Read Read Ann She Shetland Shetland Interesting Think Way
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Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
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I was reading Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, and I'm still very, very deeply moved by Gwendolyn Brooks's life and her work. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I wanted a jumper. After all, in Shetland you are in the land of the Fair Isle sweater. But then everyone said to avoid… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, I do a job at which I can make a living and I like it. That's the bottom line. I still really enjoy… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
What the Americans have done is refuse to back down. They've refused to make the cheapest, lowest common denominator forms of entertainment for TV… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
It's one of those weird things you start doing: you get to have on-screen teenage children and play policemen. That's what happens to you… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
Fatherhood, parenthood, is something that completely overwhelms you and absorbs you, and you just have to be the best dad that you can be. — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do good work, but not in order to buy big houses and big cars. I just wanted to be 'alright',… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
I do believe in my national identity. I'm very proud, of what I come from and where I come from, and there are values… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
Flying to Fair Isle from Lerwick is an experience I'll never forget. — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
But as an actor, you spend the majority of your life being rejected. — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
It's been great being on location in Shetland and out in the fresh air. — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
I don't think I am someone who sits on someone else's coat tails while others do worthwhile work. — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
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The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them. — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image