“I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I think mostly of the Hungarians: Robert Capa, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Jozsef Pesci. In fact, I have one of his photographs hanging in my house.” ThinkingFactsLightAbleHousePhotographerPhotographAstonishingDutchHungariansImpressionistsVermeer Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I don't know the American photographers as well, but I admit I love Ansel Adams. His landscapes are so crisp.” KnowsWellsPhotographerLandscapeCrisps Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“When I first came to America there still was Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine, and the photography in those magazines was amazing to look at. They had the best portraits, and their news photography.” FirstsLooksStillsAmericaPhotographyNewsMagazinesPortraits Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“In fact, I probably learned more about photography from studying black-and-white photography in those magazines [Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine] than I did from watching movies here. That's the truth.” LooksFactsBlackWhiteStudyPhotographyMagazinesBlack And WhiteBlack And White Photography Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And the films Ingmar Bergman did with Sven Nykvist were exceptional.” FilmStudentsExceptionalGorgeousMexicanLightingExteriorGabrielCinematographersBergman Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“These days that wouldn't happen - waiting for the light to be exactly right. Because it takes time and time is money. And with these big productions with expensive actors, you just don't have the time to get every shot exactly right.” BigsLightHappensActorsWaitingShotsProductionsThese DaysExpensiveTake TimeIt Takes TimeTime Is Money Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional.” ShouldFilmWatchesExceptionalCinematographers Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“More and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve.” HelpingNumbersComputerTasksIncreaseSolveSoftware Author:Bill Gates
“The early personal computers were not very powerful so the idea of feeding their program into a small amount of memory requires immense skill.” IdeasMemoriesPowerfulAmountSkillsComputerProgramImmenseFeedingVery PowerfulSmall AmountsPersonal Computers Author:Bill Gates
“The job was to put into a, a computer with only 4K of memory an entire basic full blown, floating point Basic and that's one of the greatest programming feats I've ever had a chance to work on.” JobsMemoriesChanceComputerProgrammingFloatingFeats Author:Bill Gates