Bill Viola Quotes

This thing called the camera, that takes everything in equally, taught me a lot about how to see.

Bill Viola

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 25, 1951

Topics

MeCameraEverythingSeeHowTakes

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

Jim Carrey

MeYearAliveKnowStrangeShy

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap.

Jim Coleman

TimeSchoolShortLeapFilmMaking

My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people's. I don't want to exaggerate my bravado. I haven't been on the front lines. I haven't ever stepped on a land mine.

Andrew Solomon

PeopleToleranceWantLandHigh

I have a great affection for Indian culture and music.

John McLaughlin

MusicGreatCultureAffectionIndian

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

Roger Moore

GoodMyselfBlessedLooksOthers

When I started, there were no Indians on television or films, except for Sir Ben Kingsley. I was an actor in high school, college, and I played leads. And when I graduated, I knew that I couldn't go to Hollywood and audition for shows or films. I could try, but where was the evidence that it was going to happen?

Jay Chandrasekhar

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolTelevision

Hospital-acquired infections are now killing more people every year in the United States than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined - about 100,000.

Janine Benyus

CarPeopleDieYearNowMore

Rebuilding has always been one of my specialities from the time I started with young players at Cagliari.

Claudio Ranieri

TimeYoungAlwaysStartedBeen

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi

WorkChangeFoolPeopleMeWorld

We have the largest digital design studio in the world.

Pierre Nanterme

WorldDesignDigitalStudioLargest

I started riding bikes when I was really young, but I stopped when I was 19 because my mother asked me to, so I stopped riding for 35 years and now I'm just addicted. It is my only addiction.

Mark Boone Junior

MotherMeYoungNowAddictionYears

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

Mark Twain

EducationLongRunMoreSoapDeadly

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