"The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter..."

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Source : James Elkins (2004). “What Painting Is”, p.2, Routledge

James Elkins

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“I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.”
“If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.”
“I believe that the process could be fun, I just think that making movies is really tough. And it's stressful as it is, and I think that most of us got in this business because it's fun to make movies.”

Source : "Francis Lawrence 'Catching Fire' Interview: The Bonus Material". Interview with Amy Wilkinson, www.mtv.com. January 22, 2013.
“I was part of that group of kids growing up in the '80s under the Reagan regime, what I used to call 'living in the shadow of Dr. Manhattan,' where we would have dreams all the time that New York City was being destroyed, and that that wall of light and destruction was rolling out and would just devour our neighborhood.”
“I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.”

Source : "Meet a Critic: Richard Roeper". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. December 5, 2007.
“I'd say that it's often true that people are attracted to each other immediately and everything lines up, but it's just as true for those relationships to end up a disaster. But people don't think of that as false love-at-first-sight. They highlight the examples that worked rather than the ones that failed.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“The writing ethic was influenced - when you have to write every day, there's no such thing as writer's block.”
“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.”

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