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Vincent Price quotes

American Actor May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993

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I trust people who are violent about art, as long as they aren't closed-minded. But, unfortunately, most art blowhards are also art bigots. Vincent Price
Many Hollywoodians may have good taste and an interest in culture but they certainly hide it. They're afraid they'll be branded as sissies if someone finds out they write poetry or own a painting. They're so timid about culture. Vincent Price
Right now I am thinking of writing another cookbook. All cookbooks have a gimmick, and mine will be that it contains recipes that I have invented and named after famous people. Some of them are: Brisket of Brynner (very lean meat)Carson Casserole (it's got everything on it)Barbecued WaltersMarinated MaudeRoasted RhodaKing King Curry (it will feed about eight thousand people)Fricassee of FonziPickled RicklesRaquel RelishLeftovers la Gabors Vincent Price
Vincent Price quote: "In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no..."
In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement. Vincent Price
Sometimes you read a passage by a great writer, and you know what he says and how he says it will always be, for you, the only possible way it could be. Less often a painter will describe an event in a way that fits into your interpretation of that event so perfectly that it becomes the event itself. Vincent Price
Mother had told me her favorite story about a little Protestant lady who, on being told that the candle at the high altar in St. Peter's had not been out for a thousand years, pursed her lips and extinguished it, saying, "Well, it's out now. Vincent Price
Nevertheless, Los Angeles is my "Home, Sweet Home." I chose it, and, as goes the clich, I've made my bed—but I'll be damned if I'll lie in it or, worse, culturally die in it! Vincent Price
San Diego has the finest zoo in America, but the Los Angeles Zoo is not much more than a home for retired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lions. Vincent Price
I do, however, get along fine with apes and I have worked sack of potatoes in front of the camera. Trainers tell me they like my voice and that because I treat them as people they like me. Well, it’s easy to do, since some of them are people and easier to work with than some—people, I mean actors. Vincent Price
Vincent Price quote: "Do you ever rub your eyes and suddenly find you're awake and..."
Do you ever rub your eyes and suddenly find you're awake and not asleep, as you'd grown to suspect you were? Vincent Price
The story ends with a crack the actor Hans Conreid made on seeing my two hundred black and white pots. Said Hans, "You're one actor no one will ever be able to say he hasn't got a pot to..." End quote. Vincent Price
We may all be a peculiar lot...often broke, often dissatisfied because we're not doing more and better work...but we know how to have a ball that makes the rest of the world seem square. Vincent Price
Vincent Price quote: "I know what I like—I like art—and I like what I know."
I know what I like—I like art—and I like what I know. Vincent Price
The jet is a great invention. Besides being a world shrinker, par excellence, it has much of the quality and charm of a roller coaster. And it's big. Once, years ago, on a ten-stop, cross-country air trip, I turned to the man next to me and said, quite genuinely: "What keeps these big goddam things up in the air? Vincent Price
In order to get out of the dumps, there are many steps to walk up, and most of the ones I know of, not only for myself but others, are made of money. Vincent Price

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