#subject matter

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #could #his #i #life

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. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#comic #comic strips #gas #i #interesting

I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#advocate #announcer #been #certain #certain ways

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. ↗

— Quintilian

#contemplation #exercised #matter #mind #moulded

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

— Jerry Springer

#even #go #least #matter #news

Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways. ↗

— Richard King

#matter #more #offers #opportunity #present

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

— Joan Severance

#difficult #funny #hope #i #like

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

— James M. Baldwin

#being #conscious #development #history #matter

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

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. ↗

— Mark Rothko

#crucial #matter #only #subject #subject matter