Many appreciate in my former work just what I did not want to express, but which was produced by an incapacity to express what I wanted to express - dynamic movement in equilibrium. But a continuous struggle for this statement brought me nearer. This is what I am attempting in 'Victory Boogie Woogie.'
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Related Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background ... LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodma... JERRY LEIBER I am interested in recording an album because it would be an opportunity to express the feelings I h... EMILY ROSSUM My father was a gruff Irishman who was unable to express feelings and always insisted we be tough. B... MIKE FARRELL I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me ... WYNN BULLOCK I was brought up to express myself only when asked to express myself, and then to do so in a way tha... PATTY GRIFFIN We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the spor... PATRICK CHAN This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. I shall express myself as I am. JAMES JOYCE I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly ULYSSES S. GRANT If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Th... THIA MEGIA The inner me was always under attack by authority, by the way my parents wanted me to be brought up,... EDWARD SAID I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me f... MIKE BIRBIGLIA My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are abo... GARRETT HEDLUND I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kind... SUSAN SONTAG I am only satisfied insofar as I feel 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' is a definite progress, but e... PIET MONDRIAN I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and ex... LEE DEWYZE A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hit... CHARLES YOST A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hit... CHARLES YOST It was a nice surprise. I knew I was innocent of any wrongdoing. Everybody is entitled to express th... DONNA AVILA My films have become bilingual. When everyone saw 'Chennai Express,' they said it was a bili... ROHIT SHETTY What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar. DAVE MUSTAINE How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. It's so hard to express yourself.' I understand this.' I want to express myself.' Th... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I'm just so very lucky to be able to do what I do for a living, and giving back is a way for me ... PEWDIEPIE This distinction between form and experience is not pedantic, but fundamental: a form can express th... PAUL SCHRADER Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who ... BEN AFFLECK I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this tim... ALICE WALKER Yes, I'm reckless and sometime express no concern for my own well being, and I express a misanth... MARILYN MANSON I write because there is a madness within me to express my thoughts in words. I write because I feel... AVIJEET DAS I want to express what's meaningful. I'm not into gimmicks. I want to make truthful music th... JASON MORAN You could take away the singing, and I am fine. But don't take away my gift of writing. It is th... BEBE WINANS I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens. CARLES PUIGDEMONT My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I no... BRITTANY HOWARD When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to expr... EL DEBARGE What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life... WALT WHITMAN I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human be... ANDREA BOCELLI I'm coming into places with some people who just want to hear what I did before, with some peopl... BETH ORTON I don't paint what people expect, I paint what my heart yearns to express. NIKKI ROWE In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express m... ERIC CLAPTON Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by th... MIGUEL I want to do drawings which touch people...In figure or landscape I should wish to express, not sent... VINCENT VAN GOGH The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an arti... JOHN CASSAVETES It is refreshing to be able to express my views without having to toe a party line. It has got me in... PAULINE HANSON I think people should express themselves more and not just buy what's in. While it can be very b... IRIS APFEL As if a great creature had grown old without being able to express its feelings. Not that it didn't ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do wh... HARRISON FORD I think my spirituality is very similar to what it was before. It wasn't as if I went through some k... ARON RALSTON That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion... GIANNI VERSACE In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for t... NELLIE MCKAY It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand fo... LAUREN BUSH As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I ca... YAEL NAIM Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was... MISTY COPELAND In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to c... GRACE SLICK She was a happy person. I don't know what happened. And I'm terrified. I can't believe this happened... CAROLINA ITALIANO Over the years, I've tried to express myself through my feet, which have made everything simpler... FRANCESCO TOTTI I don't want to overemphasize this, but not a day goes by when I don't think about my mother... URSULA BURNS Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work. ANN RULE The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. PETER USTINOV I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian f... CECILIA BARTOLI I've changed my life in a lot of ways. I'm a mom, a wife, and a Christian. Some of the thing... CHERYL JAMES I want to express my condolences, ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE I have to make sure that I don't silence myself about the things that I believe in, because some... KERRY WASHINGTON I'm basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the fe... DONALD O'CONNOR I treated the last Olympics as a big international event. This time I want to treat it as a place to... FUMIE SUGURI 'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as ... NATALIE MACMASTER O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I... WALT WHITMAN It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you me... RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express
in mechanical terms, is that whic... HERBERT SPENCER The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such... STANLEY DONEN People have a right to express themselves and do whatever they want. That's what this country is all... GERARD BAKER I like to really know what every scene is about, what the text is, what the subtext is. Then I figur... LESLI LINKA GLATTER Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling... TANYA TUCKER I am inspired by many mediums and use them to express varied aspects of my philosophies and life obs... JUDITH ANDERSON I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that... GIORGIO ARMANI I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in... J. K. ROWLING What you express in your character is what your lifestyle crowns SUNDAY ADELAJA I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what... CALE YARBOROUGH Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other peo... YAEL NAIM Looking out of my window this lovely spring morning I see an azalea in full bloom. No, no! I do not ... CHARLES SANDERS PIERCE ... I am you... what am I going to do?" - Backstrom DEYTH BANGER Well, I believe Metro is probably determined to do what they want to do no matter what, but that doe... JACK BYRD Childhood is just this amazing place, and in my books, I was trying to express my concern about chil... ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO Don't like me for what I am. Just like me for who I am. ANTHONY T. HINCKS I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don... MAC DEMARCO The cavemen, when they saw the antelopes, they had to scratch them on to the caves because they need... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear. K. D. LANG A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thu... GEORGE ORWELL I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I ... GERRY COONEY When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to... DOLPH LUNDGREN When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For... DON DELILLO I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely b... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Work for a cause not for applause, work not only to impress but to express vision & wisdom. DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Women may think men have it all, but only because we've been socialized to express the emotions ... LZ GRANDERSON What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving ho... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You've got to express yourself in life, and it's better out than in. What you reveal, you he... CHRIS MARTIN You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to conv... LAURA ARRILLAGA-ANDREESSEN Look, I know that there are people who are racist, but what surprised me was that he was so open abo... ALFONSO SORIANO You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI
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