A Quote by David Lynch

Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.

David Lynch

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David Lynch
American - Director
Born: January 20, 1946

In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.

Creed Bratton

I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.

Felix Dennis

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.

David Coverdale

I was a starving artist.

Erika Jayne

I'm basically a starving artist.

John Trudell

I was planning on being a starving artist.

Stephen Hillenburg

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.

Cheryl Strayed

When you're a starving artist, you make do. It didn't matter that I didn't know where my rent was coming from.

Tanya Saracho

My overall quest is always to do something that's somehow different from whatever it is that I just got done doing. If that can include occasionally playing an older guy who has a romantic side and a romantic relationship, than that's a real treat.

J. K. Simmons

The romantic artist expects people to ask, 'What has he got to say?' The classical artist expects them to ask, 'How does he say it?

Robin G. Collingwood

I didn't really go the starving-artist route. I kind of went and did massive, commercial things.

Ashton Kutcher

A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire, even worse.

Anne Rice

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

Oscar Wilde

When we say, 'We are starving,' we have to remember that there are people who are literally starving. If everyone fed one person, one meal, we could make a huge difference.

Tina Knowles

I love the idea of carrying on some kind of tradition using some of the artifacts from people that touched my life. They're a continuum, too. I still use my father's tools and some of my grandfather's tools. There's a very romantic streak in me. I confess, I'm a romantic, but I like the idea.

Michael C. McMillen

It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else.

T. H. White

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