15 Cecil Quotes for You to Enjoy

I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction. Steven Spielberg

Science Science Fiction Cecil Want Fiction

When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played. Lou Reed

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative cabinet was called Hotel Cecil. Michael Gove

Conservative Beginning Cabinet Hotel Cecil Century

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille. Gloria Swanson

Films Directed More Had Cecil Than Six Successful Starred Row

The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. Pat Metheny

Guitarist Coleman Extremely Melodic Pianist Bailey Cecil Taylor

I went to study at Oxford University in the 1980s on an imperial scholarship instituted by Cecil Rhodes. Richard Flanagan

Imperial Scholarship Study Instituted Cecil Oxford University

In the very beginning, women were editors because they were the people in the lab rolling the film before there was editing. Then when people like D. W. Griffith began editing, they needed the women from the lab to come and splice the film together. Cecil B. DeMille's editor was a woman. Then, when it became a more lucrative job, men moved into it. Thelma Schoonmaker

Together Woman Women People Editing Job Men Before Beginning More Come Like Became Because Editor Editors Were Lab Cecil Began Very Rolling Moved Then Lucrative Film Needed

What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged. Steve Lacy

Survival Discouraged Strategy Temptations Learned How Cecil Getting Taylor Resist

My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My dad's family had a general store, which I never saw. My grandparents on his side had already died before I started noticing things. Kary Mullis

Family Mother Father Before Mountains Side Saw Carolina Rural General Never Had His Cecil Up North North Carolina Died Blue Store Banks Grew Which Grandparents Noticing Ridge Dad Things Started

Cecil Beaton was Andy Warhol before Andy Warhol, really. Giles Deacon

Before Andy Andy Warhol Cecil Warhol Really

When I grew up, a director was Cecil B DeMille, a guy sitting down with a megaphone speaking. He was the voice of God, the image of God. When I went to start making docs, I quickly turned the megaphone to my ear not to my mouth. It's more about funneling in the words and listening as doc filmmaker. Derek Cianfrance

Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies. Joel Hodgson

Remember First Think Analogy Cartoon Cecil Watching

So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him. Archie Shepp

Me Young Out Would Guy Take Take A Chance Idea Like Him Himself Learned Partnership Lot Cecil Very Maybe Just Young Guy Turned Taylor Rebel Symbiotic Chance

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing. Luc Ferrari