I often make films about subjects I don't really know much about. Maybe it's laziness, but I don't go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I'm making the film.
Asif KapadiaRead
Only photography has been able to divide human life _x000D_ into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Photography captures and immortalizes moments in life, giving each a unique significance.
Eadweard Muybridge's quote emphasizes the transformative power of photography in how it allows us to perceive and appreciate life. By breaking down human existence into distinct moments, photography offers a way to savor and recognize the importance of each experience, conveying that every captured moment holds the essence of a complete life.
Themes
PhotographyMomentsLifeExistenceArt
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a photography exhibition to highlight the importance of each photo.
Similar quotes
Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.
Sol LewittRead
If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.
Elizabeth BishopRead
Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.
C. K. WilliamsRead
Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.
Cate BlanchettRead
Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
Erica JongRead