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title: "3 Medium Director Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Medium Director quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Medium Director sayings and thoughts."
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> [Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/film-is-mostly-a-visual-medium-and-so-the-director-has-much-more/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

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> [Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/film-s-thought-of-as-a-director-s-medium-because-the-director-creates/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

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> [Cinema is a creative medium. The director has the right to express.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/divya-dutta/cinema-is-a-creative-medium-the-director-has-the-right-to-express/)

[Divya Dutta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/divya-dutta/)

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