Stacey Levine quotes

Stacey Levine quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The ironic is a mere ancient whisper in this torqued narrative: its odd violence feels true. Today & Tomorrow crashes through the windows of strip malls and paints the hypertrophic aisles with bristly-creepy hilarity.”
-- Stacey Levine

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“Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.”
“It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.”
“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.”

Source : Progress and Power Lecture 3 (1935)
“There isn't anything I don't eat, although I'm not too keen on creepy crawly things. Other than that, I'm quite adventurous. I like all types of red meat, and I'm not a fussy eater at all.”
“Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather than creepy, and itâ€™s a good technique.”
“I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative switftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.”
“I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.”
“Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments Â its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.”
“Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.”
“As long as women are isolated one from the other, not allowed to offer other women the most personal accounts of their lives, they will not be part of any narratives of their ownâ€¦women will be staving off destiny and not inviting or inventing or controlling it.”

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