Quotes by Artists

The New Gods really need to be larger than life. There's an operatic quality to them, and they need to be handled pretty carefully, or else you'll go too far and be almost like a caricature. Cliff Chiang

There is a tendency for the New Gods to work best as guest stars. Cliff Chiang

Work Best Stars Guest Tendency New Gods

I'm really happy that more and more people are making their own comics. I remember how daunting it was for me to just put pen to paper, page by page, until you had a finished comic, but the way new creators are doing that and bravely bringing their unique voices and experiences to their work is really inspiring. Cliff Chiang

Work Me You Happy People Remember Finished Own Way Paper Pen More More And More More People Daunting Voices Inspiring Had Put New Until Comic How Making Comics Doing Bravely Just Experiences Really Page Unique Creators Bringing

Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship. Cliff Chiang

Music Relationship Pretty Had Comics Historically

Most of the time, as an artist, I can be self-indulgent, fulfilling my own impulses, embracing imagery that contains poetry on my own terms, without immediate regard to an audience or the particular placement of my finished work. Clifford Ross

Work Time Finished Own Immediate Embracing My Own Finished Work Poetry Contains Particular Most Terms Without Self-Indulgent Audience Artist Impulses Regard Placement Fulfilling Imagery

The people of Texas are rightly proud of their own, just like the French and the Italians, but visiting artists have often been given a shot in the history of art. Clifford Ross

Art History People Own Rightly Visiting Given Like French Proud Been Italians Texas Often Just Artists The History Of Shot

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows. Conrad Hall

You Important Shadows Know Dealing

The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away. Conrad Hall

Light Sun Parallel Most Because Source Far Far Away Away

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer. Conrad Hall

Heart Cinematographer More Am Than

I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters. Conrad Hall

Life Sunrise Picture Saw Complex Characters Tequila Than Romantic Bigger

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry. Conrad Hall

History People Seen Industry Been Short Influenced Movies Billions

My first semester, I got a D in creative writing. Conrad Hall

Creative Writing First Got Semester Creative Writing

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems. Conrad Hall

Problems Own Every Cinematographer Way Solving Had His Worked

You have to understand the nature of light. Conrad Hall

Nature You Light Understand

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move. Conrad Hall

Every Characters Visualize Empathize Concentration Involved Understand Audience Making Any Going Move Process Them Meaning Film

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music. Conrad Hall

Music Aptitude Highest Tests

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar. Conrad Hall

Me Made Peers Say More Winning Than Difference Means Oscar

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art. Conrad Hall

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

Light Broader Source Subject Closer