David Lean famous quotes

03-25-2025

A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
An artistâ€™s job is to captivateâ€¦ if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.
Rent' was my first professional job, ever.
The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.
A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.
I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.
What the problem was was this colossal redundancy, the squandering of brilliant technique on cheap material, ...

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