Ed Martin Quotes

Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion."

What's the point of cleaning up your act if you don't have an act?

Yeah, I just finished a novel. Man those things take forever to read.

Hollywood is high school with money.

I don't jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.

In the eyes of my dog, I'm a man.

Around 1980, I went back to painting with a vengeance.

I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter.

I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.

I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.

Like a guide dog, paintings help you see.

If you're not living I mean really living, you're dead already.

One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.

Democrats, you know, want to identify with and relate to what you're feeling, what you've been bummed out about, where your head is at.

[Television executives] are afraid to advertise condoms that could save lives, but do not blush about telecasting a National Geographic special on President Reagan's pelvic plumbing.

The only thing that's consistent in politics is change.

An election is an opportunity for a new consensus.

Oh, I think the biggest lesson in Wisconsin is that 60 percent of the people do not believe that recall elections were proper for policy differences, short of some criminal offense.

The Clintons are very close with everybody on the Democratic side.

But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.

I can tell you my feelings were hurt.

A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community.

His problem, is that the other side of Lindsey Graham is that he's known as sort of, I don't know, a moderate, an accommodationist.

Neil Lennon wasn't sent off for scoring a goal, and that's what annoys me

Whatever you say about Fergus McCann, if this [Celtic Park] is the legacy, then I am absolutely delighted with it.

My black-and-white work is more of a celebration and the color work became more of a critique of society.

Photography is Art and Art is Photography.

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

As artists get wealthier and more famous, often their work gets worse... I'm fascinated by the decline of artists. I suspect I'll be in decline myself. It's a fact of life.

Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the 80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain.

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

I do read many of the photography magazines from the UK and abroad.

I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch and I do love big screen documentaries.

I am away so much, so I rarely see live TV, but I use iPlayer to catch programmes.

I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.

Dictators are interesting, no?

I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.

I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.

Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.

I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.

The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979.

I'm more interested in the meanings and the bands that fill up the spaces known as new wave and post punk.

My attitude was always, if you are a huge metal fan, the more dedicated and more obsessive a metal fan you are, then why wouldn't you like more metal, widen your net, and include hair metal?

If you're into metal, then you should like hair metal!

Grunge, man, that was incredible. It was dangerous. It was not verse/chorus. Songs could be short, long, a lark, majestic. You were constantly being surprised.

Nuclear weapons can be dismantled, but they cannot be uninvented.

The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.

Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.