“Usually the more money that something takes to make, the less interesting it's forced to become.” Quote by Don Hertzfeldt
“If you go to a film festival and watch a bunch of features and then watch a bunch of shorts, you will almost always find that the shorts are where people are taking more risks and pushing more boundaries...simply because they have much less to lose.” PeopleIfsFilmLosesWatchesRiskBoundariesBunchFeaturesPushingFestivalsShortsFilm Festivals Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write.” ThinkingWritingTryingVoiceComplaints Author:Stanley Cavell
“I don't run away from the idea of philosophy as seductive. I want the sentences to be prose but intense prose, to show that, like life, thinking is not linear.” ThinkingWantIdeasPhilosophyShowsRunningSentencesIntenseProseRunning AwaySeductiveLinear Author:Stanley Cavell
“The academic world doesn't invite you to try to walk on two feet all the time. And in philosophy especially . . . it's a very intimidating place. The intimidation can be very thin, or it can stop you.” WorldTryingTwoPhilosophyWalksFeetInvitesAcademicIntimidatingIntimidation Author:Stanley Cavell
“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.” LittlesImaginationFictionMusicKeysScience FictionSongwritingSongwriters Book:Starting At Zero: His Own Story Source: Starting At Zero: His Own Story
“Original philosophy is always "deviant" or even subversive.” PhilosophyOriginalsSubversiveDeviants Author:Mario Bunge
“Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs.” JobsConservativePhilosopherContemporary Author:Mario Bunge
“Even philosophies who have denounced pseudosciences like psychoanalysis, have condoned pseudoscientific economic theories like neoclassical microeconomics. It is far safer and easier to criticize Freud and Jung than to criticize Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek, because the latter are backed by political movements whereas the former are not.” PhilosophyPoliticalEconomicMovementTheoryEasierFormerLatterCriticizePsychoanalysisPseudoscienceMiltonJungPolitical MovementsHayekEconomic TheoryFriedrich HayekMicroeconomics Author:Mario Bunge
“In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very few good composers.” CommunityTeacherOriginalsMusicalPerformersComposerCompetentResearchers Author:Mario Bunge
“In any event, I don't believe in instant philosophy, because interesting problems take a long time to understand and work out. Just think of the problems of truth and justice.” ThinkingBelieveLongPhilosophyProblemJusticeInterestingEventsLong TimeDon't BelieveWork OutInstantTruth And Justice Author:Mario Bunge