“The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 133 of 303
“The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies the material; 2 lets it come out; 3 is taste; 4 is intelligence.”
“Taste tends to develop very unevenly. It's rare that the same person has good visual taste and good taste in people and taste in ideas.”
“To emphasize style is to slight content, or to introduce an attitude which is neutral with respect to content.”
“One man thinks before he acts. Another man thinks after he acts. Each is of the opinon that the other thinks too much.”
“Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them.”
“Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility.”
“Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.”
“The biographer's problem is that he never knows enough. The autobiographer's problem is that he knows too much.”
“As a person I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.”
“Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it.”
“I think it would be wrong to consider 'Ashes and Fire' a love album. The record is obsessed with time. I believe that there is a kinder view of the self on this record.”
“There's a lot of actors I think that appear so much more together as the characters they portray as opposed to the actual people, so I know I've said this before: Hollywood's not a place where you're rewarded for growing up.”
“Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed.”
“You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.”
“If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!”
“I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.”
“Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet is frequently scolded by his wife; the children of the great statesman clamber about his knees with perfect trust and impunity; the great actor who is called before the curtain by admiring audiences is often waylaid at the stage door by his creditors.”
“You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.”
“If I don't win, the award show loses credibility.”