“My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.” Quote by Hank Stuever
“I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.” ThinkingWorldIdeasReasonPaintingConsciousPaintPainterNo Idea Author:Jasper Johns
“In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?” ShouldEndsPlayShowsPrinciplesPiecesTvsSucceedCriticsAlbumsRestaurantsConcertsTv Shows Author:Hank Stuever
“Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire."” TryingStarsFourTvsDramaRestaurantsReviewsUnfairWireTacos Author:Hank Stuever
“I'm pretty sure the world is in solid agreement that "The Wire" is worth watching all the way through.” WorldWayAgreementWire Author:Hank Stuever
“My first few years as TV critic, I would go to parties and people (usually older Posties or ex-Posties who seemed to pride themselves on not watching very much television) would take me by the arm and insist that I watch this show they'd recently starting watching on DVD, about drug dealers in Baltimore.” PeopleYearsFirstsShowsPartyWatchesTelevisionTvsPrideArmsDrugCriticsStartingTake MeExesDealerDvdsBaltimoreDrug Dealers Author:Hank Stuever
“I don't have scientific data, but I think plenty of perfectly nice weekends are being given over to the binge craze.” ThinkingGivenNicePlentyDataWeekendBingeCraze Author:Hank Stuever
“I really wanted to take the viewer to the 'here and now' regarding the exterminations, and communicate directly in a visceral way. The art of cinema can communicate that way, and that's why I wanted to do it that way.” WayArtWantedCommunicateCinemaViewersHere And NowVisceralExtermination Author:Laszlo Nemes
“It's a movie depiction you don't want to screw up.” WantScrewsScrew UpsDepiction Author:Laszlo Nemes
“When I began research, I read the writings of the Sonderkommandos. They are not well known, but these prisoners wrote from the middle of hell from Auschwitz, to let the world know what happened. The texts were buried beneath the ground and found after the liberation of the concentration camps.” KnowsWorldWritingWellsFoundKnownHellHappenedMiddleResearchLiberationConcentrationPrisonerBuriedCampsWell KnownAuschwitzConcentration CampNot Well Known Author:Laszlo Nemes
“There are genocidal tendencies that are at the heart of the human potential, and I think if we don't talk about it, we're not preparing ourselves for a better future.” IfsThinkingHumansHeartTendenciesPreparingBetter FutureHuman Potential Author:Laszlo Nemes