Albert Oehlen Quotes

#1. Faith allows us to confidently walk with God into a future filled with joy; one that can become an extraordinary and amazing adventure.

Mary C. Neal

#2. I painted with acrylic paint, and the reason why I went to oil was mainly because I didn't control it. I was looking for the insecurity of it. I mean, I might have found another reason later, but at that moment, the reason was I was looking for the insecurity.

Albert Oehlen

#3. I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology.

Matthew Rhys

#4. And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.

Diane Ackerman

#5. Thinking carries a moral imperative. The searcher for truth must be ready to obey truth without reservation or it will elude him.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#6. I am haunted by interrupted acts,
introspective as a leper, enchanted
by a repulsive clew,
a gross and fugitive movement of the limbs.
Is this the love that shook the lights to flame?

Muriel Rukeyser

#7. Desiring a will was not enough. I would have needed precisely what I could not have without willpower: a will.

Marcel Proust

#8. If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good, but 'mess' might be right. Why not a mess? If it makes you say, 'Wow, I've never seen anything like that', that's beautiful.

Albert Oehlen

#9. I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just doesn't work. I expect my paintings to be strong and surprising.

Albert Oehlen

#10. What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.

Henry David Thoreau

#11. I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up.

Albert Oehlen

#12. is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it, even with the best right, but without being OBLIGED to do so, proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring beyond measure.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#13. Coming out of a dream or a book, the real world is such a deceptive and essentially miserable place.

Phil Elverum

#14. I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.

Dinah Shore

#15. If you think small, your world will be small. If you think big, your world will be big.

Paulo Coelho

#16. I am personally am a fan of buff nails - not so much of clear polish, but a great buff nail is amazing.

Adrienne Bailon

#17. I went to the door, and Gary tried hard not to notice I was blue. He looked at his feet, and he looked above my head, and he cleared his throat.
It's okay,' I said. 'I know I'm blue.'
It caught me by surprise,' he said. 'I didn't want to seem rude.

Janet Evanovich

#18. To question is the answer.

Gregg Loy