Philippe Halsman Quotes
A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were.
Quotes to Explore
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Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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You have to create something from nothing.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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The portrait I do best is of the person I know best.
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Wherever I go I make others feel good, and by doing this, I create life. I am a sting, and a dangerous instrument!
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I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney.
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All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
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You have to be very careful with the art you create and you put out.
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What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.
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New England is demanding newer, cleaner, and more innovative energy sources - energy sources that create jobs here in New England. We should also demand newer, cleaner, and more innovative transmission methods.
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We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens.
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Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable to ignore the filth, and wasted a burst of power to turn the sink, floors and porcelain toilet into sparkling, clean examples of their kind before using the facility. I felt that was a much less judgmental response than simply blowing the place off the face of the Earth, which was also a distinct temptation, especially when the storekeeper overcharged me for a bottle of cold water.
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Be yourself. Don't pretend that you know something you don't. Don't create the appearance of fake authority. Speak about the things you really care about.
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Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
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The Israeli mentality was totally different to mine. They just didn't understand people like me. They couldn't understand why I had been in a ghetto. We were totally different.
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This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.
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A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were.
