Quotes About Vision

I had a vision - and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened - the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and blood flowed in streams - and I heard a voice saying, 'Such is your luck, such are you called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bear it.'

When you look at every studio in the '20s or '30s, from Louis B. Mayer to Jack Warner, you see people who started with one plan and quickly shifted gears to adapt to a changing world. One of my favorite stories is that Walt Disney mortgaged his house to make 'Snow White.' He saw there was a real opportunity to change the world.

We can move America forward with a strong middle class. We can move America forward with a strong Democratic majority in the Senate. And together we can move America forward with Barack Obama in the White House.

There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.

In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film.

One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.

I got my MFA from AFI as a director in 2010. I've had time to make the shorts that I made previous to 'Hereditary' and to kind of build these movies in my head.

Art should be able to be innovative without compromising itself. That's why I believe artists should have bigger preoccupations than checking the price tags on their work or becoming curators' darlings.

The priesthood of God is a shield. It is a shield against the evils of the world. That shield needs to be kept clean; otherwise, our vision of our purpose and the dangers around us will be limited.

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

When my three co-founders and I started Warby Parker in 2010, our primary intention was to sell good-looking, affordable eyewear online.

The primary relationship on a film, where possible, should be between the director and writer.

I want to be a prime creator - as every self-regarding artist should do.

I expect every prime minister to have his own imprint.

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

One day, when I have advertising out of my system, I want to be Prime Minister of Australia.

It's only under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership that the country can foresee a bright future.

I want to become prime minister.

I completely believe in the leadership and vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is because of this that I have joined the BJP.

My dream is to turn Europe into 300 million princes.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

I think the best thing that can happen to the Republican Party is that it is identified as a party organized around a set of principles, ideals and ideas for our future.

First of all, you've got to have a vision of 'What kind of program do I want to have?' Then you've got to have a plan to implement it. Then you've got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.

The important thing, I think, going into any organization, is that all of the principles, all of the decision-makers are pointed in the same direction, with the same motives, the same desires, and then you have a chance.