Quotes About Detail

When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.

My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and you can get down to details, like taking out cymbals so the verse doesn't dwarf the chorus, something like that.

Fiction should be specific rather than general, because people are specific.

Instead of eating his lunch, he told you what Oblonsky and Levin had for lunch in Anna Karenina. Or, describing a sunset from Daniel Deronda, he failed to notice the one that was presently falling over Michigan.

The Arnolfini Marriage by van Eyck

Drawing a funny animal, you don't need a lot of detail to make it work. But to draw a sexy girl, there's certain things you can't leave out.

To sew is to pray. Men don't understand this. They see the whole but they don't see the stitches. They don't see the speech of the creator in the work of the needle.

For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.

So much work went into this book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"] - you can probably tell from looking at the art and overall design.

The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes.

The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.

Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.

It's the little added bonus of realism that makes the difference between an adequately done stunt and a really convincing one.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

If you look up every last detail on your subject, you'll never finish.

I always like learning the small details about a subject.

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

Really, subtlety is what is really important to me and my work.

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

From a distance it might look straight, but when you get close up, you can always see the line waver. And I think that's where the beauty is.

The difference between a good golf shot and a bad one is the same as the difference between a beautiful and a plain woman --a matter of millimetres.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

One of the best things you can relate to is a detailed story.