Spectators Quotes

283 quotes by 251 authors

The functional freedom that anybody can buy a gun and go out and murder a lot of people at a McDonald's is prevalent, yes. But… — J. G. Ballard
Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to do. — Jerzy Grotowski
In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. — Bridget Riley
Itâ€™s a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectatorâ€™s experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the… — Samuel R. Delany
For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude… — Isaac Babel
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye. — Bernard Malamud
When film is not a document, it is dream. That is why Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all. He moves with such naturalness in… — Ingmar Bergman
The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants — Richard Eberhart
I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made… — Harriet Quimby
When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the… — Erma Bombeck
We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators. — John F. Kennedy
Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure,… — George Will
All dancers have a cumulative tendency, because each beat of the tom-tom has an almost irresistible appeal. Soon, those who were just spectators would dance… — Camara Laye
Editing is not merely a method of the junction of separate scenes or pieces, but is a method that controls the 'psychological guidance' of the… — Vsevolod Pudovkin
The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator. — Ken Loach
Miss Marilyn Monroe calls to mind the bouquet of a fireworks display, eliciting from her awed spectators an open-mouthed chorus of ohs and ahs ... — Cecil Beaton
Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is only the bemused spectator. — Charles Simic
I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better… — Assata Shakur
One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators,… — Lewis Tappan
When the peacock has presented his back, the spectator will usually begin to walk around him to get a front view; but the peacock will… — Flannery O'Connor

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