Viewer Quotes

196 quotes by 172 authors

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character. — Ally Sheedy
I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into… — Robert Ryan
Like the Impressionists, I enjoy the effects of light, and especially natural light on the figure. If I could, I would take each viewer along… — Ariana Richards
I don't really think that the technique really determines the veracity of the image. It's what the image does to the viewer that determines whether… — Roy DeCarava
Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and… — Dorothea Lange
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
The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it. — Stephen Shore
Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand… — Sol LeWitt
A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach the viewer, or… — Sol LeWitt
The artistâ€™s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist. — Sol LeWitt
I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, Im aware… — Maggie Stiefvater
Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a story… — J. J. Abrams
Good design encourages a viewer to want to learn more. — Alexander Isley
How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: 'The lady is smiling because she is… — Stanley Kubrick
You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the filmâ€”and such speculation is one indication that it has succeeded… — Stanley Kubrick
I am often dishonest in my techniques ... I happily admit to cheating, it's all part of the game. I hope some of the fun… — Derren Brown
You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you stand a better… — David Ogilvy
We take pleasure in truth and it amazes the eye of the viewer to see in stone, in canvas, or in wood an inanimate thing… — Lodovico Dolce
The public needs art, and it is the responsibility of a â€™self-proclaimed artistâ€™ to realize the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art… — Keith Haring
Performance wasnt something that I intended to do. I was doing work that was about process, about the meaning of the making, trying to have… — Janine Antoni

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