Len Lye quotes
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“There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker.”
-- Len LyeSource : Len Lye, Jean-Michel Bouhours, Roger Horrocks, Jonathan Dennis, Centre Georges Pompidou (2000). “Len Lye: la manifestation Len Lye est présentée au Centre Pompidou du 5 au 30 avril 2000; au Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg du 23 juin au 10 septembre 2000; au Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing du 14 octobre au 17 décembre 2000”, Editions du Centre Pompidou
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“All of a sudden it hit me - If there was such a thing as composing music, there could be such a thing as composing motion. After all, there are melodic figures, why can't there be figures of motion?”
-- Len Lye
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“One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.”
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“Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.”
Source : 'Ode upon a Copy of Verses of My Lord Broghill's' (1663)
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Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
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“I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.”
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“Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.”
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