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The key for me with 'Star Wars' is to stay in their world. Don't get in the way of what is already known and what works. I think of the basic nature of the filmmaking process that worked so well for the original trilogy. No stylistic flights of fancy for the sake of showing off. Tell the story, get the shot, get the performances, and move on. John Cassaday
Nature Me World Key Move On Think Way Tell Stay Trilogy Performance Well Known Stylistic Sake Off Get Move Process Story Fancy Worked Shot Flights Wars Showing Original Works Star Star Wars Basic Filmmaking Filmmaking Process
Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it. John Chamberlain
Art Others Some Mentality Through Between Sort Going Deranged Who
Nature is the fountain's head, the source from whence all originality must spring. John Constable
Nature Spring Must Head Source Whence Originality Fountain
The world is wide. No two days are alike, nor even two hours, neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of all the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from each other. John Constable
Art Nature World Creation Tree Other Distinct Alike Those Neither All The World Since Days Like Hours Genuine Leaves Were Nor Productions Even Each Ever Wide Two
When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture. John Constable
Nature Try Seen First Picture Sit Down Make First Thing Forget The First Thing Sketch Ever Thing
Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her I look for fame. John Constable
Look Mistress Fame Tis Landscape Her
All my indispositions have their source in my mind. It is when I am restless and unhappy that I become susceptible of cold, damp, heats, and such nonsense. John Constable
Unhappy Mind Become Cold Damp Restless Am Nonsense Source Susceptible
The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea. John Dyer
Time Me Amazing Space Totally About Like Most Most Amazing Tide Arrival Amazing Thing Very Departure Short Short Space Transformed Sea Harbour Thing
While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest. John Dyer
Rain College Seen Design Inspired Colours Had Studying Also Greatly Forest Brazilian Decided While Paint Travels
During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study. John Dyer
Work Time Winter Change Weather Too Drawings Photographs Outside Study Just Place Poor Use
I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers. John Dyer
Fingers Directly Tube Paint Apply
I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold. John Dyer
Great Great Deal First Become Sold Attracted Deal Where Decided Interest Them Painter Paintings Published Four
I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work. John Dyer
Work Would Did Wanted Realised
I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking. John Dyer
Sometimes Big Enjoy Immediate Out Directly Onto Fresh Leaving Shocking Squeezing Canvas Really Paint Lump
I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level. John Dyer
Art School Degree Consider Directly Talented Course Should Skipping Level Applied
On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France. John Dyer
Home Paradise Own Living Cornwall Our France Neighbour My Own Tropical Return Content Am Discovered Explore Now Nearest
Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that I enjoy, I never tire. John Dyer
Good Freedom Long Painting Enjoy Never Always Tire Want Really Paint Fun Enjoyed Good Fun
The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me. John Dyer
Me Big Van Had Big Influence Influence Paintings
It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy. John Dyer
Else Someone Wishing Terrible Terrible Thing Tragedy Thing
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life. John French Sloan
Life Time Good Picture Energy Rich Painting Every Mine Hoping Good Picture Vitality More Inspired Unsatisfied He Leaves Condemned Which Again Working Painter Eager Start
Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. John Hench
Somebody Too Critical Architects Finish Structure Color Emotional Colors Part Like Because Very Stand Engineers Found Thing
We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more. John Hench
Life People Too Much Feeling Too Our Bad More More And More Rely Ritual Well Well-Being Being Anymore After Which Much Required Keep Symbols
We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't. John Hench
Feeling Big Other Harmonious Cities Park Colors Instance Like Big Cities Achieved Where Each
In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say. John Hench
Hope Good Morning You Accidents Nothing Action Live Everything Say Bad Cartoons Had Because Continuously Contradict Trying May Just Want Happen Movies Action Movies Live Action Many Works Actor Play Things
It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one of these days. We never throw away any idea. John Hench
Will Project Throw Main Never Main Street Idea Days Supposed Knows Built Any Maybe Who Away Street Second
The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in Paris, it had to be a particular kind of color who will fight those grey days. And also something you can see when you're driving up 'There it is! We're arriving!' John Hench
You Fight Sky Will First Those Kind See Something Paris Color Colors Had Driving Hotel Days Particular Particular Kind Also Because Arriving Up Grey Cloudy Disneyland Choose Paint Who
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