Frank Stella Quotes

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.

You can't turn fame off regardless if you're a platinum-selling artist or you're in jail every week. If you're famous, you're famous. You're in the headlines either way you go.

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous.

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you - and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.

I don't think I'm a star or a celebrity or any thing like that.

The degree of notoriety I have is fine and easy. There's nothing hysterical about it.

I get double-takes at the hardware store. I've had people say, 'I didn't know you did this.' With a celebrity, if folks don't see you, they think all you do is stay in the house.

People think I'm a celebrity. I'm not a celebrity.

A lot of people in America don't know me, and that's something I have to overcome.

When the success of 'Crazy Rich' hit, it's like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I've stayed the same throughout. It's just people's perception of you changes.

I did not expect to become a celebrity or be known by the public at all.

I don't really consider myself a celebrity.