Maurice’ was a groundbreaking film. People didn’t feel that then but looking back everyone says that. James Ivory Read Quote
I think the Merchant Ivory brand really means literate dialogue. I think it starts with that. When people say something, you know it has some sort of ripples to it. James Ivory Read Quote
My 22-minute film, which I called ‘The Sword and the Flute’, turned out to be a romantic film about India made by someone who had never been to India, but who already had very romantic feelings about everything Indian. James Ivory Read Quote
In October 1959, I could scarcely wait to get off the plane that had brought me to New Delhi so that I could go to the Indian Arts Palace in Connaught Place and begin buying miniature paintings. James Ivory Read Quote
If I hear that a film of mine is going to be shown on a big screen somewhere and I haven’t seen it in a while, I make a point to get to see it. I just want to see it up on the big screen. James Ivory Read Quote
It’s always a matter of convincing the insurance people. They seem to think that after a certain age, you’re just going to fall over or something. James Ivory Read Quote
I found in making and directing films that the less you have voiceover, the better it is. James Ivory Read Quote
I love a well composed shot. It doesn’t necessarily have to be beautiful, but it must be well composed. James Ivory Read Quote
I learned to paint in a historical method. First through watercolours and then through oil. Then, when I went to college and to the school of architecture, I took up modern painting. James Ivory Read Quote
