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Gordon Willis Quotes

I’m a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It’s human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it’s not Picture Quote #1

Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that moment in a film, but your craft isn’t structured around such things, except in beer commercials Picture Quote #1

Complexity is not good. People don’t understand the elegance of simplicity Picture Quote #1

Don’t get simple mixed up with simplistic Picture Quote #1

The lack of perfection, that’s the hardest quality of all, because you’re fighting your instincts. You’re trained to want to do things perfectly Picture Quote #1

Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft Picture Quote #1

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Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it’s a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment Picture Quote #1

If you take a sophisticated idea, reduce it to the simplest possible terms so that it’s accessible to everybody, and don’t get simple mixed up with simplistic, it’s how you mount and present something that makes it engaging Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of cameramen but not so many photographers. And a lot of cameramen attack from a technical approach without much imagination. They look, but they don’t see Picture Quote #1

I’m a minimalist. I see things in simple ways... It’s human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it’s not Picture Quote #1

Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that moment in a film, but your craft isn’t structured around such things, except in beer commercials Picture Quote #1

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I’m a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It’s human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it’s not. (Gordon Willis Quotes) Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that moment in a film, but your craft isn’t structured around such things, except in beer commercials. (Gordon Willis Quotes) Complexity is not good. People don’t understand the elegance of simplicity (Gordon Willis Quotes) Don’t get simple mixed up with simplistic (Gordon Willis Quotes) The lack of perfection, that’s the hardest quality of all, because you’re fighting your instincts. You’re trained to want to do things perfectly (Gordon Willis Quotes) Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft (Gordon Willis Quotes) Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it’s a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment (Gordon Willis Quotes) If you take a sophisticated idea, reduce it to the simplest possible terms so that it’s accessible to everybody, and don’t get simple mixed up with simplistic, it’s how you mount and present something that makes it engaging (Gordon Willis Quotes) There are a lot of cameramen but not so many photographers. And a lot of cameramen attack from a technical approach without much imagination. They look, but they don’t see (Gordon Willis Quotes) I’m a minimalist. I see things in simple ways... It’s human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it’s not (Gordon Willis Quotes) Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that moment in a film, but your craft isn’t structured around such things, except in beer commercials (Gordon Willis Quotes)