Somewhere along the line a convention developed that the opening of a film was just a laundry list of credits. There was no incentive to complicate an area that was settled.
Saul BassRead
I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire to create art for its own sake, regardless of public appreciation or validation.
Saul Bass emphasizes the intrinsic value of creating beauty through art, suggesting that the process and personal fulfillment of making beautiful things are more important than whether or not they receive recognition or appreciation from others. This perspective highlights the significance of artistic expression as a means of self-actualization and personal joy, rather than a pursuit for external validation.
In practice
This quote could be used in an art class to inspire students to focus on their creative process rather than external validation.
Somewhere along the line a convention developed that the opening of a film was just a laundry list of credits. There was no incentive to complicate an area that was settled.
In the course of our daily lives, we're bombarded with a barrage of visual messages, some blatantly aggressive, some subtle. The trick is to find a way to break through without adding to the clutter and the ugliness. We have to be responsible about that.
My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it.
Logos are a graphic extension of the internal realities of a company.
My work on titles was a marvelous opportunity to learn about filmmaking. I think I touched on just about every aspect of the process, both creative and technical. And I worked with many wonderful people.
When I provided the disembodied arm as the logo for 'The Man With the Golden Arm,' it was the first time an advertising-publicity campaign was based on a single symbol. Until then film companies used a variety of symbols and photographs to cover all bets. The concept of using one logo was mine and Otto Preminger's.
For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.
You try to be as original as you can be without thinking about statistics. You just go from the soul and from the heart.
When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.
About no subject are poets tempted to lie so much as about their own lives.
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say.
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