Norman McLaren Quotes
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.
Quotes to Explore
-
Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
-
I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.
-
I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.
-
I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
-
The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
-
I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
-
Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.
-
Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them.
-
On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
-
When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
-
I keep everything that's private private.
-
Fashion should be playful.
-
I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double digit. I've had success on that field, won and lost.
-
I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
-
The heart of the gameplay is still about choice and consequence, which is what I've been doing since the '80s.
-
I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
-
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
-
Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.
-
The U.S. Forces are winning in Iraq. It is to be hoped that they will win at home also.
-
Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.
-
Courage is not a quality one normally associates with mathematicians. Yet it should apply to people who work in their attics in secret for seven years without cease on a problem that has eluded the greatest mathematical minds since first proposed in 1637.
-
There were a million high moments but it's sometimes difficult to communicate those.
-
I'm a Cancerian, the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I don't think I'll ever come to terms with people being unnecessarily nasty, but I can take it if someone doesn't like my music - I'm not everyone's cup of tea.
-
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.
