“The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated 'wholes' will remain a lifelong challenge.” OrderChallengesSeeingElementsCreatingVisualsLifelongIntegratedCombining Author:Freeman Patterson
“The challenge in any musical is unifying all the moving parts of it, in particular a movie musical because now you're adding the camera and you're adding the idea of adaptation. So the challenge is to stay as true as you can to the material that you love and yet not be afraid to step outside of it and introduce elements into it that make it exist in a satisfying, exciting way cinematically.” WayIdeasMovingChallengesStepsParticularMaterialsElementsExcitingCamerasMusicalSatisfyingIntroducingAdaptationUnifyingMoving Parts Author:Marc E. Platt
“I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time. Photography gladly accepts the challenge because it is at home in its element: namely, realism - real life - the now.” WorldBelieveRealHomeI BelieveChallengesAcceptingCreativeElementsPhotographyPhotographerReal LifeMediumsOur TimeRealism Author:Berenice Abbott
“I always like to try different things, different genres; stories that have a dramatic element and can generate conflict which I find appealing; where the characters have to overcome obstacles. That kind of thing is challenging.” TryingKindDifferentCharacterStoriesChallengesConflictElementsOvercomingObstaclesGenreDramaticDifferent ThingsDifferent Genres Author:Clint Eastwood
“The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.” ChallengesChurchElementsNegativeMaterialismIndividualismSuperstitionsRuggedHedonismUtilitarianismRugged Individualism Author:Francis Arinze
“Every movie I do is challenging for me. There is some element of imaginative that you wouldn't have in a typical movie.” ChallengesElementsTypicalImaginative Author:Michel Gondry
“There is always an element of realpolitik that has to be present in the conduct of any nation's national security affairs. At the same time, we have to also have a balance between realpolitik and Wilsonian principles of freedom and democracy and human rights. And maintaining that balance is the greatest challenge that we in the West, including the Federal Republic of Germany, have to face because it's many times a very difficult decision-making process.” HumansFacesNationsProcessDifficultChallengesDecisionPrinciplesDemocracyRightsSecurityBalanceElementsWestIncludingAffairHuman RightsGermanyDecision MakingRepublicNational SecurityMaintainingDifficult DecisionsDecision Making ProcessDemocracy And Human RightsRealpolitik Author:John McCain
“From a creative standpoint, I'm interested not only in the idea of helping couples and women, but challenging myself creatively, and doing each one better than the last thing I did. I think by doing that, by adding a visual element to these films, it really makes a huge difference.” ThinkingIdeasHelpingLastsFilmChallengesDifferencesCreativeHugeCoupleElementsVisualsStandpointChallenging Myself Author:Sasha Grey
“But the biggest challenge overall was narrowing down the complex narrative elements into a clean and straightforward story while maintaining a sense of the cultural context that makes the film special.” StoriesFilmChallengesSpecialElementsCleanComplexesNarrativeMaintainingStraightforward Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“A large part of the art of instruction lies in making the difficulty of new problems large enough to challenge thought, and small enough so that, in addition to the confusion naturally attending the novel elements, there shall be luminous familiar spots from which helpful suggestions may spring.” MayArtEnoughProblemLyingChallengesNovelElementsSpringDifficultyFamiliarConfusionSpotsHelpfulInstructionSuggestionsLuminousAttending Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“My roots are very closely tied to the DNA of the brand. Growing up in Serbia where women are unapologetically very feminine, I came to London and realised that I wanted to keep this feminine element but give it a twist and challenge ideas of classical beauty.” GivingIdeasWantedChallengesGrowing UpGrowingElementsRootsLondonBrandsFeminineTiedDnaTwistsRealisedSerbia Author:Roksanda Ilincic
“I do think there is a completely different notion to glamour today. I think modern glamour is more effortless, easy, and real. Moreover, I think it's about constantly challenging classical ideas by bringing in unexpected and different elements; for example a long, elegant evening skirt paired with a simple t-shirt on the red carpet. I think this approach is the future.” ThinkingLongIdeasDifferentRealTodayEasyChallengesSimpleModernExampleElementsApproachRedNotionEveningShirtsUnexpectedElegantT ShirtCarpetGlamourSkirtsRed CarpetEffortless Author:Roksanda Ilincic
“The seminal elements of what makes a story great - challenge, struggle, resolution - are the same whether we're talking about story content for a movie such as 'Rain Man,' or telling a purposeful story to forge new business relationships or conclude a fruitful transaction, such as acquiring an NBA franchise.” MenStoriesChallengesTalkingStruggleElementsRainResolutionNbaTransactionsNew BusinessBusiness Relationship Author:Peter Guber
“What gets me excited by the process of making art is how unrelated elements get fused, which is a formal process. The content is the easy part. Putting it together in a way that's cohesive is the challenge.” WayArtTogetherEasyProcessChallengesElementsArt IsExcitedFormal Author:Jordan Wolfson
“A period romance film with elements of horror. That was successful, because I feel like Coppola's DRACULA was one or the other. You know? It was never scary it was never a film he got invested in the romance of the characters. He understood it, but he never got invested. So it as a challenge for me to see if I could do that, I still don't know how audiences will sort of react to that.” IfsKnowsFeelsStillsCharacterFilmRomanceChallengesAudienceKnow HowSuccessfulPeriodsHorrorElementsUnderstoodScaryIf I Could Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Love will push every button, try every faith, challenge every strength, trigger every weakness, mock every value, and then leave you there to die. And then you will be ready to be born at last, to become a soul who is strong enough to take love on. You'll be a romantic mystic who has achieved the elements: you endured the flames of love, you were baptized in the waters of love, and now you can soar like only a mystic can through the skies and skin of a lover's heart.” TryingHeartSoulEnoughLastsValuesDiesStrongWaterBornChallengesSkyLove YouReadyLoversElementsWeaknessSkinsFlamesButtonsSoarStrong EnoughTriggersMysticMockBaptizedBaptized In Author:Marianne Williamson
“Mercy Watson is obsessed with toast. What was blocking me was the challenge of trying to understand what she loves, what motivates her. That was the missing piece. Toast became the physical symbol of Mercy's hopefully endearing greed and obsession. Without that element in place, it didn't make sense.” TryingChallengesPiecesMissingElementsMercyGreedObsessionBlockSymbolsHopefullyMake SenseObsessedToastsWatsonEndearingMissing Piece Author:Kate DiCamillo