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I'm thankful for the big stuff of course-my family, health, human kindness. But I'm also thankful that I don't have to work for Hollywood anymore.

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Wayne White
Age: 104
Born: 1920
Born: November 15
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Static puppets, I wanted them to move, they're looking out the windows, but we didn't have time to rig those. I have more ideas than I can execute also every time that I do anything. I put the puppets in because people love 'em. I'm a populist in that sense.
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I had to learn to do stuff only for myself, and stop thinking about pleasing some imaginary client or boss. It's a habit that many artists get into that have worked in commercial ventures.
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I'm just a mule with blinders on, I can't help myself.
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Once the cameras rolling or the audience is in the seats, I'm on. I can't help it. I go into a trance.
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I would advise puppeteering for any artist. It's a way to break down pretensions. It's a sculpture that can talk. It's a painting that can talk. And it's pure play. I think every artist needs to stay in touch with the idea of playing. The artist should always be playing, always. All art is performance.
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When I perform I'm very extroverted and I wear my heart on my sleeve and some people don't like that. They're embarrassed for me.
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The only tip I have for an artist is perseverance... Never give up.
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Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go.
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I want to reach out and entertain people. I want people to come to a museum that have never been in a museum before. I want also to have enough art references in it that would satisfy the most sophisticated museum goer.
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Making art is nothing but risk, always. If it's not risk, it's no good.
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I've been very lucky. I've had three separate careers: freelance illustrator, then set designer, puppetteer and animator, and now fine artist. I just bluffed my way into every one of 'em!
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I can't help it. I always focus in on the negative.
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All I'm really concerned with is doing my thing.
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Exposing something that's painful or raw or not so pleasant. That seems to be the dramatic motor of documentaries, exposure.
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I'm a perfectionist I guess. Everyone has to love me.
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I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.
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Art should be as inclusive as possible. That's why I like bringing the low form of puppetry and elevating it into a sculpture form, but it's still a puppet also.
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People that are born beautiful like supermodels act like entitled a**holes. It makes you embarrassed just to see 'em. They handle beauty embarrassingly.
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Sheer obstinacy is very very important for anybody who wants to create.
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I don't like the idea of busing children all over the country. It's not safe. And there doesn't seem to be that much of an urgent need for it to be done.
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