“If you plagiarize others' techniques, you steal their emotions and tell your spectators a lie with your work. Works as such equal zero.” IfsLyingEmotionEqualTechniqueStealingZeroSpectators Author:Wu Guanzhong
“The emotions of the spectator will still be very apt to fall short of the violence of what is felt by the sufferer. Mankind, though naturally sympathetic, never conceive, for what has befallen another, that degree of passion which naturally animates the person principally concerned.” PersonsStillsFallPassionFeltEmotionViolenceMankindDegreesEmpathyConcernedSpectatorsSympatheticSufferers Book:Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings Source: Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings
“Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.” FoundPerfectEmotionProduceMastersBalanceIdealsOverwhelmingSpectatorsIllustrationPerfect BalanceOverwhelming Emotions Author:Francis Bacon
“I have always been interested in crafting films that use long, static urban landscape shots as a way of manipulating the emotions of the viewer and forcing them to slow down, which I think simultaneously makes them more vulnerable as spectators, and also puts them in a position of being more than just spectators.” ThinkingWayLongUseFilmEmotionPositionShotsVulnerableLandscapeUrbanViewersSlow DownSpectatorsStaticUrban Landscape Author:Jenni Olson
“A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator.” ShouldAbleArtistSecretEmotionStageShould HaveSpectatorsTransmitTrue Artists Author:Anna Pavlova
“You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.” PeopleWantArtMovingSportsEmotionChessSpectators Author:Garry Kasparov