Vans Quotes - Page 19

• And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh.

  David Hockney

  Thinking, Levels, Portraits

  "'Cooler than Warhol, more enduring than Freud'". Interview with Jonathan Jones, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2006.

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• I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

  David Lynch

  Pain, Creativity, Thinking

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• I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Appreciated, Feels

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• I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh. Which says 'What?' about the American Public. Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.

  Charles Bukowski

  Reality, California, Southern

  Charles Bukowski (2003). “Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993”

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• Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one .. I loved Frank Zappa ... I do think Van Halen reinvented the guitar ... he's an excellent musician, a shrewd guitarist and as a person he's wonderful.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Music, Thinking, Idols

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• As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Thinking, Different, Footballer

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• A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened criminals.

  Ronnie Corbett

  Criminals, Prison, Funny Jokes

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• If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.

  David Lee Roth

  Albums, Records, Van Halen

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• If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would feel very confident putting early Van Halen forward as our champion.

  Tom Morello

  Fate, Champion, Battle

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• Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?

  Billy Gibbons

  Guitar, Chords, Found

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