#yin

I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. ↗

When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though we were like trying to express our own culture, like, the dominant culture was the thing that was forming us. And I think that that's true today. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#conforming #culture #dominant #dominated #even

Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean, at least he says that in his interviews, like they're not using traditionally Hollywood lights. In 'Elephant' we basically used no lights; we never really adjusted. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#basically #big #big influence #clockwork #elephant

We're not done. We're just going to continue playing and hoping to put some wins together again. ↗

— Johan Santana

#continue #done #going #hoping #just

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. ↗

— George Santayana

#almost #balance #every #less #opposite

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. ↗

— George Santayana

#each #enabling #fortifying #help #human

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#different #go #hear #i #just

The song I like to do is 'Dead.' I'm constantly playing that one. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#dead #i #like #playing #song

Where I live, there's a lot of canyons. We're climbing constantly - we're like mountain goats. I'm just trying to get better at that. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#canyons #climbing #constantly #get #goats

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. ↗