“If a painting of a tree was only the exact representation of the original, so that it looked just like the tree, there would be no reason for making it; we might as well look at the tree itself. But the painting, if it is of the right sort, gives something that neither a photograph nor a view of the tree conveys. It emphasizes something of character, quality, individuality. We are not lost in looking at thorns and defects; we catch a vision of the grandeur and beauty of a king of the forest.” IfsGivingWellsLooksReasonCharacterMightWould BeLostViewsQualityVisionTreePaintingKingsOriginalsPhotographIndividualityForestsNo ReasonRepresentationDefectsGrandeurThorns Author:Calvin Coolidge
“The Greeks used to use the same stories, the same mythology, time after time, different authors. There was no premium placed upon an original story, and indeed, Shakespeare likewise. A lot of people wrote plays about great kings. They didn't expect a brand-new story. It was what that new author made of the old story. It is probably the same now. We disguise it by inventing what seem to be new stories, but they're basically the same story anyway.” PeopleMadeDifferentPlayStoriesUseSeemsUsedKingsOriginalsMythologyBrandsGreekDisguiseInventingBrand NewPremium Author:Arthur Miller
“When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that was centered around him until now. That, in and of itself, was emotional. But when you're doing scenes on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, with people still living in Selma and now in their 60s and 70s who had actually marched, who were there that original Bloody Sunday, that's humbling... that's deeply moving. You're no longer acting at that stage, you're just reacting, because it takes the filmmaking process to another dimension.” PeopleStillsFilmMovingNationsProcessActingStageEmotionalKingsSceneOriginalsCriminalsBridgesFeaturesDimensionsSundaySignificanceFilmmakingBloodyDrsReactingHumbling Author:David Oyelowo
“For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr. - who is an original and captures something essential.” PeopleKingsEssentialsOriginalsCaptureLutherHandful Author:Barack Obama
“After all, I want to make sure I stick with his original vision. So far, [Steven King] comments have always been the same - run with it!” WantRunningVisionKingsOriginalsSticksComment Author:Robin Furth