“This is the key of modern science and is the beginning of the true understanding of nature. This idea. That to look at the things, to record the details, and to hope that in the information thus obtained, may lie a clue to one or another of a possible theoretical interpretation.” LooksMayIdeasLyingUnderstandingRecordsModernInformationKeysDetailsInterpretationClueTheoreticalModern ScienceTrue Understanding Author:Richard P. Feynman
“It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the sense of projection over a distance as in an opera house. We have this microphone and this magnifies all details of a performance, all exaggerations. In the theater, you can get away with a very large, very grand phrase. For the microphone, you have to tone it down. It's the same as making a film, your gestures will be seen in close-up, so they cannot be exaggerated as they would be in a theater.” LittlesWould BeFilmHouseRolesRecordsPerformancesTheaterDistanceDetailsPhrasesToneGet AwayMore TimeOperaGesturesProjectionExaggerationExaggeratedMicrophonesOpera House Author:Maria Callas
“I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.” WayRecordsHabitDetailsFocusedFreak Author:Balthazar Getty
“All failed lovers rewrite the script, as if one sexual detail or another might have tipped the balance of pain into destiny, either tragic or miraculous. History record the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.” IfsMightPainNamesDestinyRecordsBalanceLoversScriptsDetailsTragicRoyalMiraculousWheat Author:Jean-Henri Fabre
“The idea of photography as evidence is pure bullshit. A photo is no more proof of any reality than what you may hear being said by someone in a bus. We only record details, small fragments of the world.” WorldMaySaidIdeasRealityRecordsPurePhotographyEvidenceDetailsProofBusBullshitFragments Author:Marc Riboud
“If tone is granted to be subjected to control, why not line also, which has equal emotional significance? And if line, why not shapes and forms? And if shapes and forms, why not allow elision or emphasis of detail? And if all these things are allowed, what becomes of the record of actuality ?... Sunk without a trace!” IfsFormLinesRecordsEmotionalShapesEqualDetailsGrantedToneSignificanceWhy NotEmphasisActualityWithout A Trace Author:William Mortensen