Effects Quote by Pablo Picasso

It took several attempts before I aced this photo of me jumping on a trampoline, a gimmick I employed to affect an air of…

— Anonymous

I do remember when it occurred to me the first time, when I got the idea of painting the way I feel at a…

— Maria Lassnig

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. Because of all I may become, I will close…

— Mary Anne Radmacher

But when I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the…

— Naoki Higashida

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it,…

— Jackson Pollock

There are certain times when a painting accelerates beyond you, and you have to try and understand and catch up with it.

— Nigel Cooke

Being on a trapeze is like dreaming. I feel totally outside of myself when I'm flying. You know, designing shoes, my imagination is flying…

— Christian Louboutin

The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled with this…

— Dean Potter

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.

— Kathryn Bigelow

Whether it is photography, assemblage art or filmmaking, my work is to see beneath the surface.

— Christophe Agou

I don't jump in real life, why would I jump in a photo?

— Sara Quin

So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.

— Pharrell Williams