Art Quote by Jimmy O. Yang

“It's so great when there's a catchy song that's fun and easy to listen to, but there's also a real artist behind it.”

Jimmy O. Yang

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When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want…

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A lot of people go on this journey of finding themselves and then eventually realize that their true self wasn't on the outside but…

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I tried a bunch of things, like Jiu Jitsu boxing classes. I don't know why, but I did.

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When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when…

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I don't know why people feel the need to do this to me, but my friend asked my dad, 'Aren't your proud of Jimmy…

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I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent.

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Silicon Valley,' I mean, the comedy is amazing, and it's one of the best-written shows with some of the best talent. I'm really happy…

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When you're 1 out of 5 Asian people on TV, all the pressure is on you and you have to represent.

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When I became an American citizen, nothing's changed because I'm still Asian.

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Comedy and drama are like two different sports; they both require athleticism but they're different.

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Mother always tries to buy things for a reasonable price. I was never allowed to buy things at full price. Probably, it's rooted in…

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I hope I can get to more and more of the Chinese audience and kind of lead the way to maybe, y'know, inspire seems…

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

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Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the water they loved to drink. This good man, Noah, having seen that all his contemporaries had perished by this unpleasant drink, took a dislike to it; and God, to relieve his dryness, created the vine and…

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“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”

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I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists who make people stop and think, who push the form, who make you uncomfortable, who are laughable, well, they're the ones who get remembered." Idly, Jacob dug a hole in the snow with his shovel and…

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