#subject matter

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. ↗

— Milton Avery

#aroused #capture #colors #construct #emotion

Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right. ↗

— Ida Lupino

#almost #hesitate #hire #i #impossible

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. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#complicated #deal #emotional #emotions #few

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#come #ideas #matter #musical #musical ideas

I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music. ↗

— Frank Black

#been #believer #convinced #creep #easily

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. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#content #extremely #films #graphic #historical

A woman is subject matter enough. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#matter #subject #subject matter #woman

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. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#afterwards #assassination #did #especially #history

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

— Kenneth Koch

#matter #number #seem #stories #subject

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. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#anything #art #better #carries #carry