Home / Quotes / Quote by Samuel Johnson

Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Author

Samuel Johnson was an English writer, poet, and lexicographer, renowned for his comprehensive English dictionary, 'A Dictionary of the English Language', published in 1755. His distinctive writing style and wit have cemented his place as a significant figure in the history of English literature. more

You May Also Like

“I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every time you listen to them, songs bring different images and moods - depending on where you are in your life, you can listen to a song and it means something different.”

Mean Different Sometimes Stories Film Song Felt Possibility Mood Where You Are

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.”

Reason Film Musician

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.”

Bigs Film Cities Saws Mexico Mainstream American Film Mexico City

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to get anything you want within a few hours. In those days, it was virtually impossible to get Italian films, or German films, or whatever. So I grew up with very standard, mainstream films.”

Want Kind Shows Film Courses Hours Impossible Grew Grew Up Standards Theater Italian Mainstream Dvds

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films had a lot of things to say that weren't getting expressed in the films I was used to seeing.”

Film Used Strong Felt Seeing Impact University Exposed

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do. I was fascinated, because suddenly I realized that film could have so many more layers to it than what I had imagined before. Then others, like Kurosawa and Fellini, were like a new discovery for me, another country.”

Knows Firsts Country Remember Film Saws Discovery First Time I Realized Fascinated Layers Shocked New Discoveries Kurosawa

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education, food... The poverty is overwhelming. There are simply more important things to be attended to.”

Thinking Needs Should Art Important Country Bigs Film Poverty Support Important Things Overwhelming Medication

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I understand when there's no money for the arts in the government, but it should maybe pressure private companies to support more filmmakers. These exhibition and distribution companies are huge, and there might be incentives for them to invest more in Mexican cinema.”

Should Art Government Might Company Support Huge Pressure Cinema Filmmaker Distribution Incentives Mexican No Money Exhibitions

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I made commercials for corporations like Volkswagen and Coca-Cola, but I was always the one to write them, too, which was a very good exercise, because I learned to tell little stories.”

Writing Littles Made Stories Exercise Very Good Corporations Coca Cola Good Exercise Volkswagens

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects of the form rather than anything of substance. If you keep working in commercials, you can get trapped in a very superficial way of thinking. I always used commercials as an exercise for filmmaking, like going to the gym.”

Ifs Thinking Way Form Used Exercise Directors Concerned Aspect Substance Gym Trapped Filmmaking Superficial Way Of Thinking

Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu