Famous quote by John Hurt

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"My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure"

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This quote is written / told by John Hurt somewhere between January 22, 1940 and today. He was a famous Actor from United Kingdom. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour"

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary"

"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture"

"Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality"

"You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame"

"I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza"

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting"

"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course"

"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum"

"One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail"