Martin Dansky Quotes

You'll know your limits until you try to extend them and even then, one has to break out of his/her comfort zone to appreciate that effort.

Change is at the very core of evolution and without it, all creatures would look alike and behave the same way.

Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.

I feel extra ambitious when I am physically tired yet my creative juices keep me from resting.

Fur fashion conjures a strange rapport between humans and beasts; humans pose frequently in fur while their furry cousins often pose for extinction.

I think that if mankind is an ongoing experiment , it would be better to start again from scratch.

Nationhood is more likely to guarantee autocracy, decadence and corruption than real democracy.

The human condition is defined by periods of not knowing as much as one wants and is crowned by moments of thinking one knows everything.

It is not only easier to find fault with another person than to examine one's own character, it is also tempting.

Being sincere to earn a woman's respect, doesn't guarantee an equal return.

Some sincerity will serve well in the long run but total sincerity is often detrimental.

Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

(On sleep) Is it just the interval of life rudely interrupted by the static of having to please the boss at home or the one at the office or is it the waking state of cosmic beings where consciousness is just a human invention?

Those who have passed away must be in a happier state than those living. How we have been so self-centered as to think primarily in terms of the contrary.

Death knocks once, dying, countless times.

If people could enjoy staying together as much as they fantasize about having sex with someone outside of their relationship then couples would keep from falling apart.

Life in the now, is gone tomorrow The only way to know is die Then to reveal its convenient lie.

The chemistry of couples is much like chemistry at the work bench. At the work bench, if the components are correctly chosen, the resulting compounds are likely to be more stable. Similarly with people, if a partner is carefully chosen, the resulting chemical bond between the two will more likely be more stable as opposed to selecting a partner at random. If sex is added to the chemistry and enjoyed by both then stability in the relationship is even more likely to be guaranteed.

I'd like to write what life could be like, instead of what it is like. I guess I haven't figured out enough on how to live to the best of my abilities to be able to be metaphorical or use similes about this apparent reality called "life" around me.

The beauty about being a natural actor is just being yourself without getting caught up with how you think a role should be performed. The horror many novices face is not knowing that the natural counts much more than the pretention of being somebody else. The more natural you are then the more convincing the interpreted role will be. The horror many professionals face is that pretending to be natural eventually catches up with them.

For those that see subject matter in paintings as static are not only missing the story behind the work, they are mssing out on how form can be reinterpreted and how our use of composition and perspective has been altered as time goes on.

Life is but a dream but to many a nightmare. It's what comes after and in between lives that's reality.

I'd rather die for more comfortable reasons than to become famous.

The key in composing any painting is without thinking how long trends will last, or worrying what style art books would classify them under. Now if someone finds the composition to be postmodern or not that's either their pleasure or their problem.

Unbalanced pride is often a false friend, and is ruinous for egomaniacs who can't see beyond their choices of expressing art.