Art Kane Quotes
Performance shots are a waste of time, they look like everyone else's. If you want to shoot a performer, then grab them, own them, you have to own people, then twist them into what you want to say about them.
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I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and on Twitter with political scoops, but YouTube is a giant social platform that has its own quirks and oddities and will require some new approaches.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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It's interesting that a lot of female artists want to collaborate with me.
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When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.
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I wouldn't want a manicure. I'm a man's man!
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All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
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My favorite word was a word James Lapine used repeatedly in 'Sunday in the Park with George,' which was the word 'connect.' All I want to do is connect.
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We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.
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I went through this delayed-adolescence thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family.
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You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
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I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?
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When I mention somebody, that doesn't necessarily mean that I identify with him, personally or poetically. I'm extremely happy when I encounter poets who are different than I am. The ones who have their own distinct poetics provide me with the greatest experiences.
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Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
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In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.
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My work ethic I learned at Miami High, and I have taken that with me.
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Performance shots are a waste of time, they look like everyone else's. If you want to shoot a performer, then grab them, own them, you have to own people, then twist them into what you want to say about them.
