Quotes for All
Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality … The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him. Evelyn Underhill
I don’t know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic – a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters. Ethan Hawke
All the old bogeys of ‘dignified subject-matter,’ of ‘balanced compositions,’ of ‘correct drawing’ were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but his own sensibilities for what he painted and how he painted it. Ernst Gombrich
Philosophers do need to have intuitions of various specific sorts: ethical, metaphysical, etc., depending on their targeted subject matter. And they must make intuition reports, as they record the contents of their intuitions. But they need not go into whether an intuition has been enjoyed. Ernest Sosa
To decide to reach for this blue and not that one, to switch styles or subject matter, to move, in the middle of a sentence, in one direction or another, to commit to this book when that one is also calling, are the sorts of choices that artists must make if they are to function. … Read more
I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You’re known for a certain thing, and you continue to do that. You just change the subject matter, but it’s the same song. And that’s what you do. Eric Church
We cannot indefinitely avoid depressing subject matter, particularly it it is true, and in the subsequent quarter century the world has had to hear a story it would have preferred not to hear – the story of how a cultured people turned to genocide, and how the rest of the world, also composed of cultured … Read more
The difference is in Hostel it’s in the theatre – it’s in public but it’s in a private place. You have to actively make a choice to want to go see it. It’s not being forced on anyone. Whereas 24 you can be flipping channels and it’s right there in your living room. Anyone has … Read more
When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches. Edward Weston
My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera’s eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to different subject matter. So I start out with my mind as free from image as the silver film on which I am to record, and I hope as sensitive. Edward … Read more