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title: "1 Played Instrument Quotes By Frederick Wiseman"
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> [Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because I think I have a good sense of rhythm, as they say in some fields. But I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/unfortunately-i-never-played-an-instrument-i-can-t-blame-my-parents/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/frederick-wiseman-18565_blame_unfortunately-i-never-played-an-instrume_762190.jpg)

## More by Frederick Wiseman

> [I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-hope-that-not-only-my-documentaries-but-everybody-s-documentaries/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-do-not-think-that-my-films-or-films-by-any-other-filmmaker/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/you-have-to-edit-the-material-that-assumes-that-some-kind-of-a-mind/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-m-too-busy-to-be-nostalgic-which-is-one-of-the-reasons-to-keep-busy/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [It is always a problem to know what an image means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/it-is-always-a-problem-to-know-what-an-image-means/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/unfortunately-i-never-played-an-instrument-i-can-t-blame-my-parents/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I think I've learned a lot about how to make movies, and particularly about how to edit movies by thinking about how similar problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-think-i-ve-learned-a-lot-about-how-to-make-movies-and-particularly/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/my-goal-is-to-make-as-many-films-as-possible-about-different-aspects/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-don-t-really-know-what-i-want-other-than-good-sequences-whatever/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Of course there's conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it's an interpretation. If you don't like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/of-course-there-s-conscious-manipulation-everything-about-a-movie-is/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-think-my-movies-aren-t-sentimental-i-think-my-movies-are-funny-and/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/making-movies-is-an-effort-is-an-attempt-to-leave-a-trace-of-your/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Everything about a movie is manipulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/everything-about-a-movie-is-manipulation/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [One's relationship to time is complicated, and sometimes a day will drag on forever and sometimes it'll be over in a flash. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/one-s-relationship-to-time-is-complicated-and-sometimes-a-day-will/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/anybody-whose-mind-is-functioning-at-all-can-t-be-content-with-the/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

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