Gavin Turk Quotes

#1. I can't tell you how proud I am to be the head coach of the Buffalo Bills.

Rex Ryan

#2. Take two paintings by the same artist, one has a signature and the other doesn't. The signed picture is generally more valuable. The signature is almost graffiti or a tagging system, yet it can become more important than the subject.

Gavin Turk

#3. My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#4. Vintage was brilliant!

Gavin Turk

#5. Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality

Jordan Petersen

#6. Often God takes what is intended as a criticism and turns it into a compliment. The Pharisees said of Jesus, "This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them" (Luke 15:2). Christ's enemies meant it as an accusation; we take it as an accolade!

Jerry Vines

#7. I have heard of the stars, of the play of light on the waves
these i would like to see
but far more than sight
i wish for my ears to be opened
the voice of a friend
the imaginations of mozart
life without these is darker by far
than blindness

Helen Keller

#8. In an ideal world, I'd like to carry on acting, but I don't want it to interfere with my studies.

Ellie Kendrick

#9. Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

Bruce Lee

#10. After ... all the philosophy and science that we've laboured on for centuries, it's becoming very hard to find a story we can buy.

Steve Hagen

#11. The UK has a super strong music culture. I could definitely see myself living there if it made sense.

MC Lars

#12. I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.

Derek Jeter

#13. Once you realize things are always changing, if you are passing through a difficult period you can find comfort in knowing that the situation will not remain that way forever.

Dalai Lama XIV

#14. The thing is, Todd, people don't really want freedom, no matter how much they might bleat on about it.

Patrick Ness

#15. I don't think I ever really decided I was an artist. I went to college to learn how to think and look at art. In the end, I developed a more sophisticated misunderstanding of art.

Gavin Turk

#16. The artist has the power to signoff the work by deconstructing the work itself: I've finished this work now and I'll sign it and relegate the painting to simply something that services my signature. The painting becomes the colorful backdrop of the signature.

Gavin Turk