Small: Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentiv
"Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me
"True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. Im a painter who paints day in day out, from morning
"There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: There is no self-portrait of me
"There is no self-portrait of me"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: Sometimes I miss out the mornings painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open
"Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicke
"On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with
"If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But Im not
"I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: Even when I have to write a simple letter Im scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness
"Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about
"Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: All art is erotic
"All art is erotic"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: After tea its back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of t
"After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighbouring villages, but not very often"
Gustav Klimt, Artist
Small: Im married to the theater but my mistress is the films
"I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films"
Oskar Werner, Actor
Small: I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress
"I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress"
Oskar Werner, Actor
Small: Well, who better to play Nazis than we Jews?
"Well, who better to play Nazis than we Jews?"
John Banner, Actor
Small: Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation
"Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation"
John Banner, Actor
Small: We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointin
"We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bomba
"Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages
"To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre
"The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: My father was an ardent socialist for many years
"My father was an ardent socialist for many years"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor
"It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession
"It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it
"In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the Ameri
"I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actors life
"From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist p
"Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him
"Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth
"At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak
"A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: 1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the var
"1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too"
Leon Askin, Actor
Small: The picture has made its million back in four months I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, lit
"The picture has made its million back in four months; I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, literally, begging me in my next production not to swing over the shallow trash of mother love, father love, sister love, brother love"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white Ame
"Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remember
"It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: In Hollywood - in Hollywood, youre as good as your last picture
"In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead
"If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year t
"I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to womens hairdressing
"I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality
"I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
Small: I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair
"I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair"
Erich von Stroheim, Actor
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