Quotes about Subject Matter

A woman is subject matter enough. Votes: 6

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer. Votes: 6

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. Votes: 6

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. Votes: 6

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within. Votes: 6

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. Votes: 6

I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries. Votes: 6

The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter. Votes: 4

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. Votes: 4

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter Votes: 4

Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual. Votes: 4

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. Votes: 4

Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light. Votes: 4

Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and transformation can take place. Votes: 4

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is Votes: 4

I always love it best when you have a project where there is this commingling of the subject matter and the way in which you're recording that subject matter. Votes: 4

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home. Votes: 4

I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter. Votes: 4

If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter. Votes: 4

Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art. Votes: 4

Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him. Votes: 4

The fact is that writing, like any creative undertaking, carries with it both pain and great joy. The pain is often inherent in the most fertile subject matter; the joy lies in transforming that subject matter and thus moving through it in a way that helps us grow while we create something of value to others. Votes: 4

We can program ourselves to be the person we want to be, whatever the subject matter is, live in it by a mental physical program - a system of learning and doing. Studying all the greats in that field and becoming greater. I believe we are powerful, but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want. Votes: 4

Packs a Huge Emotional Punch! Graceful Writing, Great Acting, Exquisite Direction, Suspense, Profound Subject Matter and It Rocks! Votes: 3

Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare! Votes: 2

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter. Votes: 2

Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption. Votes: 2

The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there. Votes: 2

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter. Votes: 2

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth. Votes: 2

The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians. Votes: 2

I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of my city's clandestine corners, its shady, mysterious places, the things I love. Votes: 2

So many people seem to prefer my silver-screenings of movie stars to the rest of my work. It must be the subject matter that attracts them, because my death and violence paintings are just as good. Votes: 2

All research in the cultural sciences in an age of specialization, once it is oriented towards a given subject matter through particular settings of problems and has established its methodological principles, will consider the analysis of the data as an end in itself. Votes: 2

Alien Chutney is just what the name suggests it is. Its music that is so funny and quirky and weird that it feels entirely alien to the listener; yet, the content and the subject matter is so Indian and relatable, it's still chutney. Votes: 2

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way. Votes: 2

I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love. Votes: 2

I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same time I try to capture and translate the excitement and emotion aroused in me by the impact with the original idea. Votes: 2

I think, 'How could anybody mock a good pop song?' It is timeless; it transcends barriers; it breaks down every single type of social barrier that you can possibly have. It can deal with the most difficult subjects, even if it abstracts the subject matter. Votes: 2

Once the subject matter of rock n' roll changed from cars and pop love songs to songs about really true love and the blues and death and mortality, this light bulb went off in my head and I went, 'Oh, that's what they're doing. That's kind of - that's art.' Votes: 2

When I'm writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I'm alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible. Votes: 2

The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when their emotional lives are just as complicated as ours. They might have a few less tools to deal with it because they're young, but the emotions are all the same, and the subject matter is all the same. Votes: 2

The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I'm not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey. Votes: 2

The workmanship was better than the subject matter. Votes: 0

LOVE your taste in subject matter... perfect summer reading! Votes: 0

No matter what the subject, the subject is always love. Votes: 0

The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter. Votes: 0

I think of painting without subject matter as music without words. Votes: 0

The subject-matter of Archaeology is threefold-the Oral, the Written and the Monumental. Votes: 0

There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity. Votes: 0

If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. Votes: 0

The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God. Votes: 0

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me! Votes: 0

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. Votes: 0

There's arrogance for you. I think all artists insert themselves into their subject matter. Votes: 0

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf. Votes: 0

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf Votes: 0

Usually, the subject matter of the image is not the subject of the work. Votes: 0

The kids in our classroom are infinitely more significant than the subject matter we teach. Votes: 0

Since I was a kid, I've had this morbid fascination with dark and scary subject matter. Votes: 0

There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations Votes: 0

The full weight and mystery of your art rests upon your relationship to your subject matter. Votes: 0

No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry. Votes: 0

Photography... has lived under the tyranny of its subject matter: the object has exercised an almost total domination. Votes: 0

I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having. Votes: 0

The portrait is the subject matter in photography where the problems of the media are the most visible. Votes: 0

The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really. Votes: 0

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa. Votes: 0

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. Votes: 0

Content is more than 'subject matter.' It is all the feelings and ideas you bring to your painting. Votes: 0

The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel. Votes: 0

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. Votes: 0

Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away. Votes: 0

I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste. Votes: 0

Some audiences might find homosexuality an uncomfortable subject matter, and a character who is a Japanese collaborator is always uncomfortable. Votes: 0

The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter. Votes: 0

My work never directly addresses the literal subject matter of the photograph, but attempts to ask questions about vision itself. Votes: 0

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it. Votes: 0

Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science. Votes: 0

["2012"] it was really more about the subject matter, and to do a modern retelling of Noah's Ark, a flood story. Votes: 0

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different. Votes: 0

No matter what medium I'm using, or what subject I'm painting, I do retain a fairly set approach to painting. Votes: 0

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel. Votes: 0

The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter. Votes: 0

The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means. Votes: 0

And the truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject. Votes: 0

The subject matter of art is life, life as it actually is; but the function of art is to make life better. Votes: 0

I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique. Votes: 0

The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space. Votes: 0

Subject matter must be normal in the sense that it does not appear sought after so much as simply happening to one. Votes: 0

Method means that arrangement of subject matter which makes it most effective in use. Never is method something outside of the material. Votes: 0

I take my job seriously, which means I'm going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level. Votes: 0

Most of my subject matter was all kind of, like, party stuff, jewelry and cars. It was really just, you know, shallow. Votes: 0

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art. Votes: 0

Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind; nor can the material senses bear reliable testimony on the subject of health. Votes: 0

To see color as form means looking at the image in a new way, trying to free oneself from absorption in subject matter. Votes: 0

The dreams of existence of that we call time, space, matter, subject, object, yin, yang - everything flows forth from this tai chi. Votes: 0

I'm doing a much smaller movie. It's set in Germany and it's a totally different subject matter. I'm trying to break it up. Votes: 0

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States. Votes: 0

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States Votes: 0

I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot of difficult subject matter but was very funny. Votes: 0

I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my subject matter. Votes: 0

A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter... Votes: 0

No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving. Votes: 0

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. Votes: 0

Tech Jacket shares the same tone as Invincible, but the subject matter is very different. Where Invincible is about perfection, Tech Jacket is about flaws. Votes: 0

As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me. Votes: 0

Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music. Votes: 0

President Obama and Hillary Clinton, every time you disagree with them it doesn't matter which subject it is, you're a bigot or you're a racist. Votes: 0

Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by offensive subject matter. Always have been. It is very natural to me, as any teach I've ever had growing up could attest. Votes: 0

And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter. Votes: 0

See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is set before him. Votes: 0

When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting. Votes: 0

I guess I don't have much interest in writing straight drama. So whatever subject matter I choose will ultimately be dealt with in a comic way. Votes: 0

... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness. Votes: 0

Any radical change or trauma always makes for interesting subject matter, but then all stories deal, to some extent, with the disjuncture between past and present. Votes: 0

The subject matter... is not that collection of solid, static objects extended in space but the life that is lived in the scene that it composes... Votes: 0

It's not always the style of tattooing but the rather the subject matter that drives me. I love tattooing anything from mythology to comic book superheroes. Votes: 0

My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter. They are simply a collection of facts; my book is more like a collection of Ready-mades. Votes: 0

Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation. Votes: 0

In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith. Votes: 0

Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter. Votes: 0

Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science at all. Votes: 0

I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling. Votes: 0

The thing about photography is, some people surround themselves with extremely strong subject matter. And unless you're a moron, you're going to get a really strong photograph. Votes: 0

In terms of content, you can make a problem for yourself, I mean, make the contest difficult, let's say, with certain subject matter that is inherently dramatic. Votes: 0

In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will make the pictures. Votes: 0

Chemistry begins in the stars. The stars are the source of the chemical elements, which are the building blocks of matter and the core of our subject. Votes: 0

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject. Votes: 0

The sciences which take socio-historical reality as their subject matter are seeking, more intensively than ever before, their systematic relations to one another and to their foundation. Votes: 0

Why is the mind incapable of deciding its own subject matter? Why when we desperately want to think of one thing to we invariably think of another? Votes: 0

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing. Votes: 0

I encourage playfulness and experimentation with both the camera and subject matter. Sometimes there is an obvious perspective, but it is important never to be satisfied with that. Votes: 0

A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it. Votes: 0

I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter. Votes: 0

As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with harmony of sound or of color. Votes: 0

I write about what I want to write about, and so the film comes out as a very personal expression even if its subject matter is totally prefabricated. Votes: 0

I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter. But you learn as you go, I suppose. Votes: 0

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming. Votes: 0

Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed. Votes: 0

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Votes: 0

I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable. Votes: 0

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me. Votes: 0

Some people have subject matter expertise in one thing. Some people tend to be creative but not reliable, and others are reliable but not creative. Everybody has different dimensions. Votes: 0

In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can't name a subject matter that money doesn't touch. Votes: 0

None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. - often influence my subject matter. Votes: 0

That is the thing about being a writer; your subject matter may not stay your subject matter if you break their trust by revealing personal and editorialized information about them. Votes: 0

Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject matter, and you have all the information you could dream of. Votes: 0

Everyone has been to school. Everyone has a sense of classroom dynamics and politics, regardless of subject matter. And if you've lived long enough, everyone hits a big life transition. Votes: 0

Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself. Votes: 0

If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life. Complain to yourself, Lament that you are not poet enough to call up its wealth. Votes: 0

I always try to convince people that there has to be a lot of material about the subject matter, so they created a couple of pieces. One is about doomsday prophecies. Votes: 0

When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches. Votes: 0

Song: Heloise and Abelard by Elizabeth Devlin. Beyond the a propros subject matter, this lady can really play the Autoharp. This song sounds like something you'd find on a gramophone record. Votes: 0

Economics seeks to be a science. Science is supposed to be objective and it is difficult to be scientific when the subject matter, the participant in the economic process, lacks objectivity. Votes: 0

The shows you can do in cable are just more buzzworthy and are about subject matter that's more unusual or dark. And broadcast shows tend to be more mainstream or middle-of-the-road. Votes: 0

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved. Votes: 0

Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages. Votes: 0

I think [director] Malcolm Lee is a real master at being able to make you laugh while bringing serious subject-matter, so the movie doesn't hinge on silliness, but on real life. Votes: 0

The White Ribbon' had to be in German because of the subject matter, that was clear. But in the case of 'Amour,' it could have taken place in any country. Votes: 0

There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're going to find the task of photographing it difficult. Votes: 0

So I'm not a Southern writer in the commonly held sense of the term, like Faulkner or Eudora Welty, who took the South for their entire literary environment and subject matter. Votes: 0

Even when the writing seems very frivolous, I'm puritanical. I don't mean my subject matter. It's that I'm almost pathologically incapable of leaving something when I'm not quite happy with it. Votes: 0

As far as subject matter, I'd say most of the songs aren't that personal to me. I love making up characters and kind of having fun in a different kind of way. Votes: 0

How do you find a way to say what an extraordinary experience it is to be alive in this world? That is the kind of subject matter I try to work with. Votes: 0

It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture a moment that people can't always see. Votes: 0

'Need You Now' is a universal subject matter. It's something that not just country fans, not just pop fans - everybody's been there. And the production was a little left of center. Votes: 0

The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition. Votes: 0

I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence. Votes: 0

Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the subject matter goes a little deeper about love and relationships. Votes: 0

Every essay - the subject matter of every essay - is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world. Votes: 0

The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter - philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast. Votes: 0

I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for that. It's funny because amongst my filmmaker friends talk about this. Votes: 0

I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book. Like a piece of music with themes, etc. Votes: 0

People can get obsessed with romance, they can get obsessed with political paranoia, they can get obsessed with horror. It's isn't the fault of the subject matter that creates the obsession, I don't think. Votes: 0

I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. Votes: 0

Craft is important, but cameras for their own sake are not. A sense of aesthetics, a connection with the subject matter, an enquiring and an inquisitive mind, these factors outweigh whatever equipment we use. Votes: 0

Fiction keeps its audience by retaining the world as its subject matter. People like the world. Many people actually prefer it to art and spend their days by choice in the thick of it. Votes: 0

One always starts work with the subject, no matter how tenuous it is, and one constructs an artificial structure by which one can trap the reality of the subject-matter that one has started from. Votes: 0

We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing. Votes: 0

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last. Votes: 0

Experience, in short, is not a combination of mind and world, subject and object, method and subject matter, but is a single continuous interaction of a great diversity (literally countless in number) of energies. Votes: 0

If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then they just don't agree with you on that subject matter, and that's life. Votes: 0

While the subject matter of my novels could not be further removed from the stuff I used to trot out at the Comedy Store, the delivery of the material employs many of the same techniques. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves. Votes: 0

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important. Votes: 0

For me, if the writing and - by extension - the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn't matter if it's film or TV. Each medium has great things going for it. Votes: 0

As Claude LeLouche said, his favorite American director is Sergio Leone. Not because I would be American, but because I was dealing with subject matter that an American could have just as easily dealt with. Votes: 0