“You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesPhilosophyFilmSoundDirectAskingResponsePompous Author:Michel Gondry
“Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking watchers to characterize the speakers from the picture alone.” SoundTelevisionExpressionCommunicationProveAskingCommunicateGesturesSpeakersFacialWatchersFacial Expression Book:Word Play: What Happens When People Talk Source: Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
“Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for up-sized art and more of it... Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast. Bigness is not all bad. There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. But the bigness has also led to a narrowing of sensibilities, by making it very hard for any but the glitziest works to get traction.” WellsArtHardArtistOrderSoundSpaceWindAskingBeastSensibilityLitMaximumRumorGalleryTraction Author:Jerry Saltz
“Indeed, there is a moment on the first CD - the electrifying opening to "I Got Loaded," which sounds like an R&B standard but isn't - when you might find yourself asking whether anyone who has ever been smitten by pop music can fail to have his heart stopped by the chords, the swing, and, once again, Steve Berlin's wonderfully greasy sax.” FirstsHeartMomentsMightSoundFailingStandardsAskingPopsOpeningFinding YourselfSwingsChordsBerlinCdsPop MusicLoadedSmitten Book:Songbook Source: Songbook
“To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like asking if one believes in air or water. Similarly Quality is not something you believe in, Quality is something you experience.” IfsBelieveLittlesSoundWaterQualityAirAskingUnityBuddhistZen Motorcycle MaintenanceZen Buddhist Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Press junkets are incredibly annoying. You sit in a chair for three to six hours and have different journalists shuttle in for three minutes at a time, asking cheesy movie questions to get a quick sound bite - and that's their only objective. You can't really move or eat. You're just stuck there. It's pressure, constant pressure.” DifferentMovingThreeSoundHoursMinutesSixPressureAskingPressesConstantStuckObjectivesJournalistChairsBitesAnnoyingCheesySound Bites Author:Annabella Sciorra