“I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.”
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Regretful Quotes — page 33 of 169
“What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.”
“What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And just when I felt I could finally take a break, I encounter the age discrimination. I turned 72 and started noticing a drastic difference in people's attitudes. I started with racism and sexism in the beginning and fought them so hard and was finally ready to relax. Then, here comes ageism, and I feel like, "Give me a break!"”
“As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.”
“Marriage had certain commercial advantages. By it the man secures the exclusive right to the woman's body and by it, the woman binds the man to support her during the rest of her life.... A more disgraceful bargain was never struck.”
“Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.”
“Women have been burnt as witches simply because they were beautiful.”
“Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.”
“One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.”
“For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.”
“No one does wrong voluntarily.”
“I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”
“Manipulating people, that's what I'm good at”
“I'm a far cry from politically correct, because I don't really care what the political views are. I don't care what the people say. I'll say my opinion. That will always make you controversial.”
“What is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up.”
“To me, elitism means a love of excellence and superiority, but America has declared war on both and developed a sick love of the lowest common denominator to make sure no-one becomes too fine for our touted democracy. We are almost at the point of regarding every virtue as elitist.”
“A well-behaved woman seldom makes history”
“If you think your job is to fix what is broken, you keep finding more broken places to mend.”
“Artists are here to disturb the peace.”
“All progress means war with society.”