"Painting and writing are solitary arts."

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"Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Painting,

"Painting n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Painting, Art, Criticism, Humor

"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Painting, Philosophy, Art, Expression

"He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

Painting, Realism, Right

"The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century."

Balthus, French Artist

Painting,

"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Painting, Art, Darkness, Light, Creativity

"Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

Painting, Theory

"Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again."

Philip Guston, American Artist

Painting,

"We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes."

Konstantin Stanislavisky, Russian Actor

Painting, Perspective, Sound, Speech

"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Painting, Paris, Present, Research

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"That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally."

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"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."

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"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."

Film

"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."

Hope

"My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar."

Winning

"The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away."

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"Contrast is what makes photography interesting."

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"Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed."

"Painting n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."

"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

"He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting."

"The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century."

"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."

"Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting."

"Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again."

"We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes."

"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."

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"Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten."

"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."

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

"That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally."

"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."

"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."

"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."

"My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar."

"The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away."

"Contrast is what makes photography interesting."