"Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie)."

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Source : Sidney Lumet (2010). “Making Movies”, p.10, Vintage

Sidney Lumet

#Style Quotes #Theme Quotes #Determine Quotes

“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.”
“Art was a last, desperate attempt for me to be able to exist in the world after trying very hard not to exist in the world and realizing that it was just my lot to be a person and to live in the world. See, the normal world dissolves in these experiences, and you realize that it is just an illusion. But, inevitably, I just kept landing back in the middle of it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Set goals so big that unless God helps you, you will be a miserable failure.”

Source : Bill Bright (2004). “The Journey Home: Finishing with Joy”, p.79, Thomas Nelson Inc
“There's a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?”
“You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes.”
“I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.”
“If our salmon are not healthy, then our watersheds are not healthy-and if our watersheds our not healthy, then we have truly squandered our heritage and mortgaged our future.”
“By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.”

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