#bj

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv. ↗

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

#detail #great #human #little #photography

But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best to interest you in the subject which has occupied me, and in which I am myself most interested. ↗

— Arthur Cayley

#best #i #i am #i think #interest

A woman is subject matter enough. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#matter #subject #subject matter #woman

I started using contact microphones that you can place on common, ordinary objects, like a rake. I put a microphone on it and it picked up the tines vibrating and turned it into a horrible din. What attracted me to it was the horrible din - that's what I really liked. ↗

— Eugene Chadbourne

#common #contact #din #horrible #i

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

#am #before #came #confused #having

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#assured #being #both #clutter #continue

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critic #critical #evaluation #good #maintaining

It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before. ↗

— Iris Chang

#before #broad #difficult #discover #enough

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#compass #conscience #far #great #however