#ode

She was intensely sympathetic. She was immensely charming. She was utterly unselfish. She excelled in the difficult arts of family life. She sacrificed daily. If there was a chicken, she took the leg; if there was a draught she sat in it … Above all, she was pure. She bothered me and wasted my time and so tormented me that at last I killed her. ↗

— Virginia Woolfe

#martyr-syndrome #art

You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself. ↗

— Tom Welling

#about #acting #bit #fulfilling #get

I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#had #i #italy #male #model

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#gig #gut #medium #modern #more

Yes, I do believe in something. I believe in being warm-hearted. I believe especially in being warm-hearted in love, in fucking with a warm heart. I believe if men could fuck with warm hearts, and the women take it warm-heartedly, everything would come all right. It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy. ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#love #modernism #sex #death

Most modern stuff I hear kinda sucks, someone should turn me onto something good, fast! ↗

— Jim Diamond

#good #hear #i #kinda #me

A smart model is a good model. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#model #smart

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#careers #chances #diversify #doing #household

You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#diversify #important #life #model #rest

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#i #modeling #seen #stepping #stepping stone