A. C. Bradley Quotes

You've got to connect with the things that you love.

I'm a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox.

WHEN YOUR HEART IS ALIVE, you are always beautiful. Always. Even in the morning.

I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

Few people would not be the worse for complete sincerity.

I think painting has that unique potential to project opposing viewpoints.

Technology's always changing. There was a time where oil painting was a new technology. That changed painting.

Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it's structured, it can move backwards through time as well.

It's a funny semantic turn - when someone paints a landscape, no one says they "borrowed" it, only that they painted it.

Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always knocking you back into the present moment, which I find very pleasurable.

The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to think about. Who could ever remember the plot of those shows?

I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.

There's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.

I always like being surprised and sort of caught off guard by other people's work. So it doesn't cause me any anxiety to explore different avenues.

Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.

I'm not interested in popular culture, particularly. I'm not against it, I'm not avoiding it, but I'm not interested in it as a force in life.

There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference.

People weep at music all the time, because music gives form to some abstract level of integration.

I've always liked the fact that galleries are free to visit in New York.

I don't really get excited about good things happening to me.

I'm also interested in something that can happen later in life. In midstream, you can suddenly take what looks like a detour; I'm sure I've taken many detours.

I'm not a planner. I should be more articulate about what the imagery means, but I don't have a good reason for it; it's just there.

I love looking at sculpture, but there's some sort of spell that's broken with it.

I think that time moves slower in painting. And maybe that accounts for a lot of the anxiety around painting in the last 40 or 50 years.

I remember looking at books when I was in high school, but I don't think I really stood in front of a genuine painting or sculpture until I was out of high school.

I suppose some people find their voice later than others, but it's interesting to look back at really early work to see that there's some kernel or a Rosetta Stone, in a way.

When you boil war down or all conflict down to two people, its a great advert for humanity sometimes. People can find connections with each other, regardless of the bigger picture.

Growing up in Vermont, no matter what I did, I didnt get much recognition.

The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. Its fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.

I realize Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods; he's intimidating.

I like using a 75-percent swing for wedge shots instead of full force.

I'm at a really good spot in my career, to the point where I feel like I could explode at any moment. If I keep progressing with my game at this rate, I think I'll be a big factor

We are given two of most of our body parts, either opposites or similarities, but not the tongue; except for my wife's which is forked.

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.

The visible world was only an imperfect reflection of the Ideal, which the Philosopher sought to transcend.

All the tears women shed, they leave no mark on the world.

I wasn't a child at 13, were you?

One of the earliest lessons I learned was not to read my reviews. Weigh them.

Arthur, their young king, like a hero out of legend.

What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?

If you listen to dogs barking you will go deaf without learning anything.

Morgaine laughed and mocked, but when it was a real trouble, no one could be kinder.

Light flared through every limb, a force far too great to be contained in any human frame; but for that moment she was the Great Mother, giving birth to the world.

The truth is not so good a story.

I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.

Knowledge was like a mouthful of dust.

The Goddess has a fourth face, which is secret, and you should pray to her, as I do — as I do, Igraine — that Morgause will never wear that face.

But this is my truth; I who am Morgaine tell you these things, Morgaine who was in later days called Morgan le Fay.