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title: "3 Dramatic Action Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Dramatic Action quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Dramatic Action sayings and thoughts."
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> [For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/for-me-painting-is-a-dramatic-action-in-the-course-of-which-reality/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/pablo-picasso-552_action_for-me-painting-is-a-dramatic-action-in_589732.jpg)

> [Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/let-the-cut-tell-the-story-otherwise-you-have-not-got-dramatic-action/)

[David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/david-mamet-1178_action_let-the-cut-tell-the-story-otherwise-you_1149489.jpg)

> [I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-perrotta/i-m-used-to-adapting-my-novels-for-feature-film-it-can-be-challenging/)

[Tom Perrotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-perrotta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/tom-perrotta-3008_action_i-m-used-to-adapting-my-novels-for-featu_2303269.png)

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