Amanda Harlech Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Writing is something I should have done more of, it's a form of coming home.”

“I think the artistic process comes from disorder. When you are happy, it's not always a feeling that you can identify. It's like a dog sitting in front of a fire. Pain isolates you, but it can also clarify things.”

“Our idea of happiness, some of it, is very tied to the cult of celebrity: there is this golden, wonderful life that I want, and if I dress like that, I'm on my way there.”

“People think of me as a stereotype: muse, privileged, decorative. Classically, the muses were the inspiration. They'd come and go - they wouldn't actually make things, get their hands dirty. I don't think I'm a muse, although I think I can help pull a trigger. I really like getting my hands dirty.”

“I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that.”

“Contemporary culture is like the weather - we have to be open to it. I don't like the way it is dismissed or closed down.”

“I don't think I am a proud person, but I think my children are incredible... I think I am part of that.”

“I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder.”

“We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.”