"My paintings used to be so realistic and I found it a little bit boring, especially now that I'm in New York. I wanted to be more free, first in my mind and then, slowly, in my work. Many artists have these jumps in their work and at some point it looks like a supermarket. For me it was important to develop."

-- Nir Hod

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“The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage.”
“The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.”
“Guitar makes even have a word for these baby-boomers-who-alwyas-wanted-to-be-great-guitarists-and-now-have-the-money-to-indulge-those-dreams: dentists”
“If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.”
“The goal every year is to win the Super Bowl, not just to get to the playoffs, not just to win a few games.”
“Maybe it's only those who've made such chaos of their lives who can understand the heights and depths of God's mercy.”

Source : Francine Rivers (2001). “Unspoken: Bathsheba”, p.147, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Every work of art is the child of its time, often it is the mother of our emotions.”
“If you ask me why I left China, it's just that I went for a stroll and strolled too far away.”

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