“In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other extreme. To achieve a three-dimensional effect on paper you need just three - white, black and medium gray.” WorldNeedsRealThreeBlackWhiteNumbersAchieveEffectsPaperExtremesMediumsToneGrayReal WorldLarge Numbers Author:Stan Smith
“The great difficulty with large canvases is that they should by right be painted as fast as a sketch. By speed only can you gain an appearance of fleeting effect. But to paint a three yard canvas with the same dispatch as one of ten inches is well-nigh impossible.” ShouldWellsThreeImpossibleEffectsTenGainsDifficultyPaintAppearanceSpeedInchesCanvasYardsFleeting Author:Joaquin Sorolla
“Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialog, it will not be because you admire them.” MayHas BeensTwoStoriesFilmThreeHoursLinesWalksVisionGraceMinutesSpecialEffectsSurpriseLove StoryAdmireOriginalityPearlsHarborsDecemberStunningSpecial EffectsTrianglesBanalityLove TriangleQuotingRedundantCenterpiecesSurprise AttacksDecember 7December 7 1941 Author:Roger Ebert
“I felt the ruthfulness and senselessness of war so acutlely that I wrote the first three stanzas of which, are in effect a prayer.” FirstsWarThreeFeltPrayerEffectsSenselessness Author:Richard Eberhart
“Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.” YearsTogetherFilmThreeSpecialEffectsLowsStartingFinanceBudgetsThree YearsSpecial Effects Author:Yahoo Serious
“If you opened up every single potential drilling opportunity in the United States, it would have the effect of lowering gas prices three cents, maybe. And that's because, of course, oil is traded on a global market.” IfsStatesThreeCoursesOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesEffectsOilGasCentsDrillingGas Prices Author:Jennifer Granholm
“Amid the gray, an incongruous band of daytime blue asserts itself. To the west, a pink sun already begins its descent. The effect is of three isolated aspects, distinct phases of the day. All of it, strewn across the horizon, is contained in his vision.” ThreeVisionSunEffectsBandAspectBlueWestHorizonGrayIsolatedPhasesDescentDaytime Author:Jhumpa Lahiri