#use

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

#because #call #essence #exterior #idea

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#never #paycheck #size #talent #your

To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#because #behind #character #critical #doing

In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions. ↗

— Joe Bob Briggs

#because #converse #drink #during #eat

We're so used to everything being properly manicured, like you can hear every footstep in a movie, you can hear every bit of dialogue, and everything is in its place. ↗

— Jon Brion

#bit #dialogue #every #everything #hear

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#chances #could #dad #equivalent #ever

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#because #i #i am #perhaps #talker

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can. ↗

— Helen Gurley Brown

#beauty #reading #thinking #writing #you

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ↗

— Les Brown

#ago #because #long #long time #planted

I cannot go to the Opera, because I have forsworn all expense which does not end in pleasing me. ↗