"When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer."

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Source : Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.29, New York Review of Books

Robert Bresson

#Eye Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Ears Quotes

“What we are saying is that on top of the warming trend there is a long-periodic oscillation that will probably lead to a lower temperature increase than we would expect from the current trend during the next years.”
“Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.”
“We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact." "And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.”
“And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.”
“Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.”
“The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.”
“The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament.”
“In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.”

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