Education means teaching kids how to do stuff and how to think about stuff. Education is a pretty simple concept with a very clear way to measure results: you give some kind of an exam – maybe it’s one of those standardized tests all kids hate, maybe it’s some kind of essay, but whatever it is, it’ll measure the results, and the kids will hate it. Mike Gallagher Read Quote
I want my audience to be constantly captivated, bewitched, so that it leaves the theatre dazed, stunned to be back on the pavement. Francois Truffaut Read Quote
Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. Eldridge Cleaver Read Quote
I’ve come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target. Simon Winchester Read Quote
The good thing about ‘Nuyorican Soul’ is we get a little bit of everybody liking it. Little Louie Vega Read Quote
I wouldn’t call myself a synaesthete in the sense that Nabokov was. But I’ll talk about a sound as being cold blue or dark brown. For descriptive purposes, yes, I often see colors when I’m listening to music and think, ‘Oh, there’s not enough sort of yellowy stuff in here, or not enough white.’ Brian Eno Read Quote
There’s an axiom I live by: ‘There is no art without politics.’ You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback. Chris Jordan Read Quote
I’m someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell. Hollywood’s never really been the ultimate goal for me. Kim Jee-woon Read Quote