"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."

-- Conrad Hall

#Light Quotes #Beam Quotes #Source Quotes

“You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.”

Source : Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett (2009). “The Andy Warhol Diaries”, p.336, Hachette UK
“Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.”

Source : Song: My Thanksgiving
“When you say too much about anything important, it always ends up sounding more trivial than it is. Words trash it.”
“In China, I witnessed forced abortions and forced sterilizations performed on women who were told that the children they were carrying were 'illegal'. I went with them when they were arrested and remained with them as they were subjected to mind-bending psychological torture. And I accompanied them as they went in tears to the local clinic to have their pregnancies aborted.”
“Even in art, there is no light without shadows, and no shadows are cast without some light. Even the shadow of Adolf Hitler is accompanied by some light.”
“Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to the city rhythm whether or not it's our own. In time we even grow hard of hearing to the rest of the world. Like a violinist stuck next to the timpani, we may lose the ability to hear our own instrument.”
“I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the job of an actor is to invite scrutiny, but with that, the people around them have to nurture that and put them in an environment where they feel safe and they feel like they can risk something.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.”

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