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Dan Fox Inspirational Quotes (16)

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The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm trying to hit, however I don't feel I have much control over it.
Danny Fox
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To make music I rely on other people, which is good - that's the main difference in painting and music at this stage. They are separate parts of my life really, like having two jobs, one in a bar, one in a lighthouse.
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I don't really need to be inspired by literature though. At the end of the day it's colour and imagery moved around until it works.
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I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from Cornwall and choose to paint people in what they considered to be an urban style instead of Cornish landscapes. I've never agreed with them. It's bullshit.
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I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across.
Dana Fox
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It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
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I'm a believer in paying your dues.
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There's a sense of knowing when to stop and take a break from things, to step back from the work you're making, and of changing things up to keep them interesting for yourself.
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It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.
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A lot of my words come to me when I'm out and about as well, riding the bus or sat in the pub. I went through a stage of going to a strip bar called the White Horse at lunch times and did a lot of writing in there. They were fine with that but I don't know how they would feel about me setting up the easel.
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Women really like the horses, more so than men.
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Some of my work is very instinctive, some of my favourite things I've ever done are just two minute sketches, nothing is better when you get it like that so quick, then other work takes months.
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I like to listen to a lot of classical music when I'm painting, the most simplistic stuff I can find. I like simple piano.
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Painting is a solitary act for me I don't need anyone around to make paintings.
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I think that one way of diffusing an insult is to turn it around and laugh at yourself - that's a way of coping with it - and another is to just ignore it.
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I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer to a question.
Danny Fox