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Hugh Ferriss
"As the avenues and streets of a city are nothing less than its arteries and veins, we may well ask what doctor would venture to promise bodily health if he knew that the blood circulation was steadily growing more congested!" --
Source : Hugh Ferriss (2012). “The Metropolis of Tomorrow”, p.18, Courier Corporation
Hugh Ferriss
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“The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.”
“I'm interested in dissecting the manipulative qualities that always come when you combine sound with images. We have seen this exploited to various degrees of shamelessness in recent history, and the way this works needs to be exposed.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Obviously, David [Shore] probably has pressure because House was such an amazing show. But I try not to go into these jobs, thinking that I have to live up to people's expectations.”
Source : Source: collider.com
“Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.”
“I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.”
“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?”
“I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship.”
Source : "Jeff Gordon to retire as full-time driver after 2015 season", January 22, 2015.
“As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now I've gotten much more precise with my shooting. Editing is a whole other layer because then, sometimes you realize characters don't even need to say this or that. It becomes an issue of exposition, and over-explaining something. In the script, I'd reinforce certain things about what I wanted people to know two or three times, but in the editing room, I'd be like, "I only need to say this once, maybe twice."”
