"'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing."

-- Jason Reitman

#Writing Quotes #Reality Quotes #Perception Quotes

“The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work.”

Source : Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.22, Black Irish Entertainment LLC
“Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Itâ€™s like saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder: what appears to be beautiful today may not be judged beautiful in a few years. A perfect example is the Warhol â€˜Marilynâ€™; in the 1960s it was deemed garish. Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesnâ€™t mean having read a few art history books.”
“I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.”

Source : "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 01, 2005.
“Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.”

Source : "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
“I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.”

Source : "Composer Jeanine Tesori on Her Artistic Process and Rewarding Female Ambition". Interview with Victoria Myers, www.indiewire.com. March 27, 2015.
“To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed.”

Source : Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 1998.
“It's no fun throwing fastballs to guys who can't hit them. The real challenge is getting them out on the stuff they can hit.”

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