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"The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it."
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"Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions."
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"Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields."
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"I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment."
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"Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. I had great satisfaction in doing that."
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"The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in Paris, it had to be a particular kind of color who will fight those grey days. And also something you can see when you're driving up 'There it is! We're arriving!'"
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"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter."
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"I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice."
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"Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused."
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"There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job."
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"My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar."
Winning

"My first semester, I got a D in creative writing."
Writing

"There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job."
Colors

"But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer."
Heart

"In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music."
Music

"Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language."
Music

"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."
Film

"But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being."
Being

"It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery."
Car

"I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker."
Film
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