I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of… — Robert Wise Copy Share Image
When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them,… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
I wrote a spec script that people really liked: a political serial based on Jeffrey's Toobin's 'A Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.' It was… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject matter, and you… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source.… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
The word 'abstract' comes from the light tower of the philosophers. One of their spotlights that they have particularly focused on 'Art'.… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld… — Aaron Siskind Copy Share Image
In attempting to explain F For Fake's state-side failure, it has occurred to me that perhaps the subject matter was at least… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last… — Nick Rhodes Copy Share Image
I have such amazing memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire movie], because Tony Richardson was such an amazing director, and the subject… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those -… — Nas Copy Share Image
Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure… — Nelson Shanks Copy Share Image
I just think it's a great world to tell stories in, to tell cool stories: money, sex, fame, and scandal. Those are… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Song: Heloise and Abelard by Elizabeth Devlin. Beyond the a propros subject matter, this lady can really play the Autoharp. This song… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I can read a newspaper article, and it might trigger something else in my mind. I often like to choose in historical… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
“In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Theatre is about the collective imagination... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I shut the front door upon Christ and Einstein, and at the back door hold out a welcoming hand to little frogs… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're… — Bruce Barnbaum Copy Share Image
'Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
What are your goals? Where are you going? Why are you here? What are you? Scientology has answers to these questions, good… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and… — Andreas Feininger Copy Share Image
Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that… — William Baziotes Copy Share Image
The validity of mathematical propositions is independent of the actual world-the world of existing subject-matters-is logically prior to it, and would remain… — Cassius Jackson Keyser Copy Share Image
There are basically only two subject matters in all Western culture: sex and death. We do have some ability to manipulate sex… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Some of the subject matter is a little less weighty. When we were writing for Mr. Show, we were talking about how… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by offensive subject matter. Always have been. It is very natural to me, as any teach I've ever had growing… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
![“The word 'abstract' comes from the light tower of the philosophers. One of their spotlights that they have particularly focused on 'Art'. [Abstraction was] not so much what you could paint but rather what you could not paint. You could not paint a house or a tree or a mountain. It was then that…” quote by Willem de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/df9/willem-de-kooning-12563_abstract_the-word-abstract-comes-from-the-light-t_1161081.jpg)
![“I have such amazing memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire movie], because Tony Richardson was such an amazing director, and the subject matter was so bizarre, and yet it was the most sought-after part at that moment. And then it had the good fortune to come out on the same day as Splash.” quote by Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e4b/rob-lowe-855_bizarre_i-have-such-amazing-memories-about-the-h_2140155.jpg)
