Quotes About Interpretation

We must remember, however, that art is of value only to the extent that it speaks to us. It might be a universal language if we ourselves were universal in our sympathies.

Speaking of art): In leaving something unsaid the beholder is given a chance to complete the idea and thus a great masterpiece irresistably rivets your attention until you seem to become actually a part of it.

True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally completed the incomplete.

Sakyamuni, Confucius, and Laotse once stood before a jar of vinegar--the emblem of life--and each dipped in his finger to taste the brew. The matter-of-fact Confucius found it sour, the Buddha called it bitter, and Laotse pronounced it sweet.

Approach a great painting as thou wouldst approach a great prince.

In art, the present is the eternal.

sometimes the concepts exists but need to be related to new experience.

This is the worst of our ways of remembering--this tendency to prod the crust of anecdote in the hope of releasing a gush of piping-hot symbolism.

She learned more about this part of the world from his retelling than from her own living

Reality depends upon your mind alone.[34]

The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You don't think that I would be one of the characters of today's modern Bible?

History is written by the victors, they say, but it seems to me that history is written above all by those who weren't there, which may be the same thing.

The most beautiful paintings in existence today are the ones which were not painted by anyone.

Objectief' heeft voor velen de betekenis 'gunstig'. Een objectief boek over Zuid-Afrika of Rusland is een boek waarin over die landen geen kwaad gesproken wordt.

Interviewers actively fool themselves, finding ways to learn from interviews even if there's actually nothing there to learn from.

I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking.

I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.

To me, it seems like both 'Brief Interviews' and 'The Office' deal with characters that see themselves differently than the world sees them.

Doing interviews about my films really bothers me sometimes, because I have to speak directly and clearly about things I've intended to keep ambiguous, and in a way, I feel like I'm betraying my film.

It's intimidating any time to have a piece of art that someone else created, and that person says, 'Let's see what you created based on what I created.'

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.

I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

I think I'm a very intuitive actress.