Quotes About Chris Burden

#1. For the art-historically informed, no art has truly shocked since November 19, 1971, when Chris Burden had himself shot in the arm by a friend, at F-Space in Santa Ana, California. Sliced cows and surgically altering one's own face is aftershock art.

Mark Kostabi

#2. I think Chris Burden is terrific. I really do.

Andy Warhol

#3. I've always liked artists like Chris Burden, who would take performances, put them in galleries, and then do things that were on the edge.

David Blaine

#4. He would teach himself to dislike what he actually liked, to approve of what he did not totally understand, in the hopes that he would come out the other side with something that resembled inspiration, something that would make him more famous than Chris Burden or even Hobart Waxman.

Kevin Wilson

#5. I think the terrorists are just idiots.

Joel Madden

#6. Don't be afraid of being laughed at for failing. Fear being sixty-five years-old and never trying.

Troy Gathers

#7. And, as Stevie Rae would have said, Kalona was as wrong as manboobs.

P.C. Cast

#8. As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego you have invested in being right, the greater the odds are that you will never change your opinion.

Richard Linklater

#9. We're compensated metaphysically with the absolute freedom to define and pursue whatever it is we believe will make our lives worthwhile- a dubious birthright that imparts a wearisome burden of its own. Rather like choosing one all-important meal from an infinite menu.

Chris Chester

#10. At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me.

Chris Burden

#11. At 6 p.m. I stood in the doorway of my studio facing the Venice boardwalk. A few spectators watched as I pushed two live electric wires into my chest. The wires crossed and exploded, burning me but saving me from electrocution.

Chris Burden

#12. You always get a buzz from winning. Winning is ... everything.

Tony McCoy

#13. I was born on Halloween, and until I was eight years old my parents had me convinced that the candy people gave out when I knocked on their doors was birthday presents.

Ransom Riggs

#14. I still collect toys. Toys are a reflection of society. They are the tools that society uses to teach and enculturate children into the adult world. Toys are not innocent.

Chris Burden

#15. To doubt is to think, and thought is the only thing in the universe whose existence cannot be denied, because to deny is to think.

Bruce Lee

#16. Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy.

Gloria Steinem

#17. Live as a villain, die as a hero

Banksy

#18. One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories.

Philip J. Davis

#19. In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder.

Skeet Ulrich

#20. I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.

Chris Carter

#21. The speeding toy cars produce in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st-century city,

Chris Burden

#22. If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises to tomorrow's retirees, and it will burden our children and grandchildren with exhaustive taxes.

Chris Chocola

#23. Bill Maher does something amazing in Religulous. He makes Michael Moore look incredibly likable in comparison.

Mick LaSalle

#24. I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.

Joel Osteen

#25. Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are

Chris Burden

#26. Losses are always a relief. They take a burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. If I lose I go back to the dressing room and I'm no better nor worse than anyone else. A loss gets me eager again.

Chris Evert

#27. I've always been searching. What am I going to do with all this - searching for that place where I could be me.

Desiree Rogers

#28. I love getting to be in 'The Avengers.' You just breathe a little bit. It's not all about you. It's so nice to have other people bearing the burden of responsibility.

Chris Evans

#29. Love solves nothing, but your love made me appear to myself.

Forrest Gander