J. L. B. Smith Quotes

I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.

I'm peripheral in Colab's history because others were involved in media, filmmaking, and music, and I was always a studio artist.

When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better!

In drawing, I often think of things as flying buttresses.

It is very different when you age. The things that are significant, or what drives you, or the physical experience of being driven, changes over time.

I've been very lucky being in New York. While there are many things that have impacted my life, I have been able to stay here and do my own work.

My support system is simple - people and time. The miracle of other people in your life.

I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.

Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change.

I had stopped making figures, and then I began making images of animals in nature, which was a way to introduce the figure.

I'm in general a nostalgic person, but I don't know if I'm nostalgic for the 80s!

Now, it is much more difficult for young people coming to New York. But also when you're young, you have more time to interact with one another, to discover yourself with people of your generation.

When studio art started being seen as important, I joined Colab, and then I became very involved.

The miracle of being able to pay attention to other people in your life, and the miracle of being in time, and to continue being in time.

Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

Models are what they are... people who model clothing, that's all.

Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest.

I do love wearing heels but my feet can't be in them all day long. I want to have fun and dance so I need to be comfortable.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

I'm still reading some scripts and I model as well, so I'm still doing that. But I don't want to do like just anything so we're being really selective about the stuff I'll do.

My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by.

I think in most sports sometimes you need a little luck for the ball or calls to roll your way.

The editing process is a necessary evil. I can write until the cows come home but it is all garbage until it gets edited.

My experiences always influence my writing, but usually only on an emotional level. I have experienced death of a family member and it's easy to dredge up those feelings and get them on the page.

For me, setting and description is a challenge. I always want to get that part just right, and sometimes the words won't work.

The best part of being a pro is being able to travel around the world. I have met so many incredible people and experienced different cultures all through sport.

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics.

I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.

Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad.

I really miss the rehearsal process of theater.

None of us could believe what Trump was doing - because no one had ever seen anyone do it that way before.

Donald Trump didn't just throw out the playbook, he set fire to it. And America loved it.

There's nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

Yeah, tell me I'm a bottle of single malt scotch, she thought. That's the way to my heart.

Sky and sea, keep harm from me. Earth and fire, bring my desire.

[E]lections amount to little more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom.

Government is about stealing and nothing else. That's all it's ever been about. That's all it'll ever be about.

Of all the groups that sometimes claim to own your life, family is the hardest to defend your individual sovereignty from.

Choose your enemies carefully: you'll probably be known much better and far longer for who they were, than for anything else you ever managed to accomplish.

I'm as radical as libertarians come.

Gun Control is mind control.

Like the government, corporations must be bound with the chains of the Constitution, and especially of the Bill of Rights.

Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death.

There's a big difference between keeping the peace, which is something folks do pretty well themselves, and enforcing the law, which is another thing altogether.

I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.

The INS, by their actions, is telling would-be illegal aliens that if you don't get caught entering the U.S., we'll look the other way so you can stay.

It would cost Americans their jobs when they have to compete with millions of more [immigrants] for scarce jobs.

Judges should interpret the law, not make it.