"Practice the precept: find without seeking"

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Source : Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.31, New York Review of Books

Robert Bresson

#Practice Quotes

“I have seen many lean riders in the peloton, but very few Tour winners”
“There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.”
“Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.”
“If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.”
“As sonic journalists, we were increasingly becoming bombarded with global images. It was the early idea of the cut-up, the idea of images being juxtapositioned, which we were doing with sound. That was the early days of samples.”
“My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says, that wasn't my fault. when a giant scorpion the size of an Irish wolfhound is tearing its way through the roof of your elevator car, you get real willing to take desperate measures.”
“When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.”
“Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.”

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