By Goldie found it difficult to locate suitable subjects, since many of his old models had died or were too old to sit for him, so he painted from photographs, or copied from earlier works. In , in response to calls for him to do more creative and original works, Goldie tried religious painting in the European tradition.
He later returned to New Zealand in poor health, probably due to a combination of alcoholism and lead poisoning from flake white — a product used to prepare canvases. As his reputation waned, he became embittered towards his critics and wrote long tirades against modern art, vigorously defending more traditional ideas.
Goldie stopped painting in and died in , aged seventy-seven. Reference 1 Bell, Leonard. The Maori in European Art. It was sort of balancing a very delicate spirit on a needle. You know, because you never know where he was going. But I gave him a birthday party once, and he said to me, you know, Goldie, I'll never have a home like this. I'll never have a house like this, and I would like a piece of me in your home. And he sent me a French armoire, and I still have it.
That was after he ate his birthday candle, which is a whole other problem. He was able to witness how funny he was, and yet not have any control over his ability to -- inability to stop laughing at himself.
We would have to break for lunch sometimes, because we couldn't bring him back. But, you know, you couldn't get a knife in between who he was playing and his comedy and his truth. It was all there together, which is what made him a genius. It's wonderful to move forward technologically, but we cannot forget that we are human beings who thrive on relationships, who thrive on interconnectivity, who thrive on sharing your feelings and emotions. I noted that people are happy here in India.
When I went back home, people had everything in the materialistic sense and were surrounded with abundance, but they were not happy. I am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy! I feel joyful inside. I can't explain it. I've been married twice, it didn't work.
He was married once, that didn't work either. And, you know, we were at a time when we had kids and thought, 'Well, you know, what actually would it do to get married? I like being independent. I like being his girlfriend. I like that notion. I think it's sexy, and I do think that it's a way of saying, 'You know what, I don't own you, and there's no paper that says that. My union with you is in my heart and it's in my promises', you know, and that's the best you can do.
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I have a light personality and a deep-thinking brain. Those are two very different things. Even during the days when I could have gotten myself into some fine trouble, I was a good girl. I was a little worker bee. I was dancing and working from the age of I did dance in rock clubs, but I made money at it.
I treated it like a job and just went home. It's so hilarious that I embodied the whole idea of this free-spirit "Laugh-In" girl, but I was really very conservative. Values are incredibly bad. People are too easy.
Money is too easy. People are vicious. They smile at you and stab you in the back. You can't confide in anyone. And the most successful people never grow. Their egos are weird. That's why we never go to Hollywood parties. People are phony and stilted. They stare at each other and go off with a different person every night. It's disgusting. And people are so cold. They never make a real, deep commitment to each other.
The Russians are the most hospitable people in the world, and they would feed you even if they had to go hungry themselves. I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point.
But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men. It took a few years for anyone in Hollywood to honor my title as producer. They all shied away from it, thinking I was just a woman who wanted control. I wasn't someone who just appeared on the scene and demanded a producer's credit. If you don't like yourself then you're really gonna be angry with people when they say they love you.
So it's best you love yourself first so then you can honor their love. Marriage ends up being a business deal because at the end of a marriage, no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money. And I was on the short end of the stick on that one. Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
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