His Subject Quotes

52 quotes by 47 authors

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his… — Leonard Cohen
I heard Professor Cannon lecture last night, going partly on your account. His subject was a physiological substitute for war-which is international sports and I… — James McKeen Cattell
The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. — Lucian Freud
I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the… — George Orwell
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards
A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding… — Edward Weston
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. — Gilbert Highet
The lecturer who is full of his subject is usually very slow in emptying himself. — Evan Esar
As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility… — Hermann Joseph Muller
Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and is secure enough… — Noah Lukeman
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning… — Edward Weston
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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 going to find… — Bruce Barnbaum
I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know… — Robert Wise
The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. The effect that they make in… — Lucian Freud
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of the administration of… — Randall Kennedy
Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals — Jack Ramsay
We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, his donnÂ´e: our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it. — Henry James
Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more attractive and challenging… — Richard Corliss

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