Quotes About Attentiontodetail

What I loved about the 1950s is that there is an aesthetic to even the average film. The way the camera is placed, the way characters move, the way you dressed the sets, the respect for craft and actors, I do miss that in today's films.

I used to do Civil War re-enacting between the ages of 15 and 19. I was part of a unit that was considered very authentic. We would source the right wools, the right buttons for the costumes. We had the right look.

Sabía exactamente qué madera quería, pero no decía simplemente "Me gusta el roble" o "Me gusta el arce". Sabía que quería la madera cortada en perpendicular a los anillos del árbol, y que tenía que estar cortada en invierno, idealmente en enero, para que tuviera el mínimo contenido en savia y azucares. En las reuniones, un montón de arquitectos con el pelo canoso nos mirábamos entre nosotros y pensábamos ¡Madre mía!

Typos drove him wild. He might lash out for days when he found one, or when someone else, more likely, pointed out a mess-up in a letter or document prepared under his name—the infuriated concern of someone thinking somebody else's laziness might reveal his own weaknesses. He was spitting furious now because the legal brief was filled with botches, the second time in a week this had happened—the Unites States! In the first line! A violent overthrown!