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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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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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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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
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That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.
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The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become.
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Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
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We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
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Occasionally, if I am very confident in the establishment, I'll risk an egg salad on Dutch crunch, but I must be very confident indeed.
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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.
