The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.
Ang LeeRead
I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of not hastily comparing new technologies with established ones, specifically 2D and 3D film techniques.
Ang Lee's quote highlights the need for patience and understanding when evaluating new advancements in film technology, such as 3D. He urges people to appreciate the complexity and nuance of existing mediums like 2D animation while recognizing that 3D is still in its infancy, suggesting that as technology improves, it will offer better opportunities for filmmakers and viewers alike.
Themes
3D2DFilmComparisonTechnologyCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a panel discussion about animation techniques, this quote could be referenced to argue for the value of patience in artistic evolution.
More from Ang Lee
All quotes →On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.
Ang LeeRead
I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.
Ang LeeRead
Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.
Ang LeeRead
Similar quotes
There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.
Jeanette WintersonRead
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas MertonRead
It feels like a game, this work I do. It is totally heartfelt, and I love the sticky terrain, the straight-up cartoons, how the irrepressible and icky rise to the surface. But I am not just trying to call forth bugaboos and demons for the sake of it, for fun.
Kara WalkerRead
My style says, 'Look at me, don't look at me.'
Patti SmithRead
Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.
Laurence OlivierRead
My landscapes are not only beautiful, or nostalgic, with a Romantic or classical suggestion of lost Paradises, but above all 'untruthful.' By 'untruthful,' I mean the glorifying way we look at Nature. Nature, which in all its forms is always against us, because it knows no meaning, no pity, no sympathy, because it knows nothing and is absolutely mindless, the total antithesis of ourselves.
Gerhard RichterRead