I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of the world] are not getting to know the whole story.
Jane CampionRead
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of being concise and impactful in artistic expression.
Jane Campion's quote reflects her belief that although she identifies more as a filmmaker than a painter, her study of painting has sharpened her visual perception and taught her valuable lessons about communication in art. By stating that one should aim to convey a message clearly and concisely, she highlights the merit of economy in artistic expression—encouraging artists to make every effort count without unnecessary repetition.
Themes
ArtFilmmakingPaintingEconomyCommunication
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on visual arts, you might use this quote to emphasize the value of clarity in artistic communication.
More from Jane Campion
All quotes →Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.
Jane CampionRead
It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.
Jane CampionRead
To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.
Jane CampionRead
What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.
Jane CampionRead
One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about. I don't think that men see things wrong and women right, just that we do see things differently.
Jane CampionRead
Similar quotes
I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.
Tim BurtonRead
All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don't really, you know.
Henry MooreRead
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
Charlie ChaplinRead
The arts especially address the idea of aesthetic experience. An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak; when you’re present in the current moment; when you’re resonating with the excitement of this thing that you’re experiencing; when you are fully alive.
Ken RobinsonRead
Perhaps I abandoned criticism because I am full of contradictions, and when you write an essay, you are not supposed to contradict yourself. But in the theater, by inventing various characters, you can. My characters are contradictory not only in their language but in their behavior as well.
Eugene IonescoRead
When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't. There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so.
Lucian FreudRead