"In the Classical tradition, deriving from ancient Greece and Rome, beauty was perceived as the means by which the artist captured the viewer's eye in order to engage the viewer with truth and so inspire goodness."

“I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I can only see it so.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.300, Macmillan

“I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.”

“The digital revolution has had a democratizing effect. Now anyone can be a filmmaker, but to be a good filmmaker is as hard as it ever was.”

“Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.”

“The soul's safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power. Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing Fire, nothing else matters.”

“Thanks to these eyes...I came to understand how cruel and despicable people can be. But that also allowed me to appreciate true beauty. All you have to do is appreciate things from a different perspective Once I realized the things we take for granted are really miracles, I came to see everything in it's precious, empheral beauty. ..... I love this world.”

“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.”

“I think one of the most humiliating moments of my life was putting on spandex, personally. It's always nice when four women pull you into spandex when you're in jockey shorts. Yeah.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.