“I'm a princess
I'm a temptress
I'm a pretty mess
I'm a mistress”
Erika Jayne (1969) American singer, actress and television personality
"Pretty Mess"
Song lyrics, Pretty Mess (2009)
“I'm a princess
I'm a temptress
I'm a pretty mess
I'm a mistress”
Erika Jayne (1969) American singer, actress and television personality
"Pretty Mess"
Song lyrics, Pretty Mess (2009)
“It's true, I'm a Rubik's—a beautiful mess”
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
"Walk on Water"
2010s, Revival (2017)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) French painter and sculptor
Source: 1880's, Renoir – his life and work, 1975, p. 169 : quote from Renoir's letter to his art-seller Durand-Ruel, 21st November 1881
“I'm screwed up, mixed up, messed around, dive-bombing, crashing and burning.”
Jaclyn Moriarty (1968) Australian writer
Source: The Year of Secret Assignments
“I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!”
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) British actress
Source: Audrey Hepburn (2002), p. 46
Mark Kingwell (1963) Canadian philosopher
Source: The World We Want (2000), Chapter 1, The World We Have, p. 22.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879)
"The Artist of the Beautiful" (1844)
“I'd thought my way into this mess. I should be able to think my way out, shouldn't I?”
Larry Niven book Convergent Series
Source: Short fiction, Convergent Series (1979), Convergent Series (p. 103)
Adunis (1930) Essayist, poet
Adunis, in: " https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/books/18adonis.html" at nytimes, October 17, 2010