Alex Colville quotes
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“I think if anything I am perhaps more inclined than most people are to be polite and considerate because I am aware that human relationships are innately fragile and kind of dangerous.”
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“I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.”
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“It's the ordinary things that seem important to me.”
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“I don’t intend to be menacing, but I do think of life as being essentially dangerous. We never know what’s going to happen from one day to the next.”
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“The woman sees, I suppose, and the man does not,”
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“My painting occurs when I think of two disparate elements.”
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“I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need.”
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“I don’t intend to be menacing, but I do think of life as being essentially dangerous. We never know what’s going to happen from one day to the next.”
-- Alex Colville
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