“Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further.” PeopleMadeI CanDifferentStoriesGrowsParticularAmbitionProjectsLet MeDrivenBackgroundsFilmmakerBeing The BestDocumentariesBest FilmDifferent Backgrounds Author:Lucy Walker
“But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede, reliefs or background. My eye never catches lines or details.” I CanEyeNatureLinesMassDetailsBackgroundsPlanesReliefObscureLuminous Author:Francisco Goya
“It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their figures. You know the story of Vandyke brought to Rubens with this recommendation: 'He already knows how to paint a background.' 'That is more than I can do!' was the reply.” KnowsI CanMatterStoriesEasyCan DoKnow HowFiguresDifficultyPaintBackgroundsPainterVentureRecommendationsRubens Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing
“Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.” IfsWritingI CanWaitingAreasBackgroundsRitualAirports Author:Neil Gaiman
“I realize that people won't even download the entire album and might just download a song or two and put it in a playlist for a workout or in the background while people do dishes. That's fine and I can't dictate how people listen to my music, but I structure records the way I listen to records.” PeopleWayI CanTwoMightSongRealizingRecordsFineStructureAlbumsBackgroundsDishesWorkoutDownloadsPlaylists Author:Mikal Cronin
“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I can't just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.” I CanReasonPiecesStreetsWalkingBackgroundsInsaneListening To MusicJunkJust Listen Author:Mika