"The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were……" — H R Giger
"The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?"
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H R Giger
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20 Quotes by H R Giger
H R Giger has 20 quotes on this site.
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Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I…
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When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the…
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You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings…
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You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different…
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In an age in which the classic words of the Surrealists— 'As beautiful as the unexpected meeting, on a dissecting table,…
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The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe…
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The designs and my credit have been stolen from me, since I alone have designed the Alien. So why does…
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Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and…
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You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.
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A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or…
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To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist.
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My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy,
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More Customs Quotes
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one of 252 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen…
— Francis Bacon
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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs…
— Ruth Benedict
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I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States,…
— Buffalo Bill
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I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.
— Danny Boyle
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If you have to deal with our friends at ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it's like a Kafka novel. Files…
— Jeb Bush
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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
— Albert Camus
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There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past…
— Graydon Carter
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The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
— Dante Alighieri
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body)…
— George Washington
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I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what…
— Alexander Shulgin
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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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