"Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes."

Art, People, Eyes, Mystery

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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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"I see my life in terms of music."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Art, Life, Music, Perception, Emotion

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Art, Creativity, Inspirational, Conflict

"She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her 'Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Truth, Critics, Authors

"The crushed teapot in the rubbish of the bulldozed house will sing in your ears forever."

Alice Walker, American Author

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"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"I see my life in terms of music."

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"It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore."

"Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests."

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"Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes."