“I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.” EyeWalksSubjectsPleaseElementsVariousCompositionAngleObserving Author:Andre Kertesz
“Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for study of the highest interest and so varied that I think I could be occupied for months without changing my place, simply bending a little more to the right or left.” ThinkingGivingLittlesDifferentLeftInterestStudySubjectsMonthsHighestRiversEdgesAngleBendingMotifsPlentifulDifferent Angles Author:Paul Cezanne
“Debate doesn’t really change things. It gets you bogged in deeper. If you can address or reopen the subject with something new, something from a different angle, then there is some hope. ... People are suddenly gazing at something else and pausing for a moment. And for the duration of that gaze and pause, they are like reflectors of the totality of their own knowledge and/or ignorance. That’s something poetry can do for you, it can entrance you for a moment above the pool of your own consciousness and your own possibilities.” PeopleIfsDifferentMomentsCan DoConsciousnessSubjectsPossibilityIgnoranceDeeperDebateAddressesSomething NewPoolPausesAngleEntrancesTotalityDurationGazingDifferent AnglesPausing Author:Seamus Heaney
“I try to find a compositional structure in the subject itself, in nature... I rely on the angle where the wall meets the floor as a constant reference point, and against that I oppose the movements of the model's limbs.” TryingSubjectsMovementWallModelsStructureConstantRelyCompositionAngleLimbs Author:Philip Pearlstein
“I have been contemplating the place and meaning of love in our lives and culture for years. When a subject attracts my intellectual and emotional imagination, I am long to observe it from all angles, to know it inside and out.” KnowsYearsLongHas BeensCultureImaginationOur LivesSubjectsEmotionalIntellectualContemplatingAngleMeaning Of Love Author:Bell Hooks
“Film entertains with different angles, quick moves, like a commercial. But filmmakers like [Wim] Wenders allow themselves to observe a subject for a long time without changing an angle, and allow you to do that along with them.” LongDifferentFilmMovingSubjectsLong TimeFilmmakerAngleDifferent Angles Author:Andrey Zvyagintsev