Alberti And Alfonzo Quotes

Haste represented youth's infirmity. ~ S.W. Frank

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Chip had been in there for a few very long hours. I had all kinds of awful thoughts about what might have happened to him in there. What if he'd been roughed up? Strip-searched? Who knows what awful things could have happened in a place like that? I saw scary-looking characters come and go as I sat in that cold, concrete lobby, trying to make myself invisible.
Finally, out came Chip.
"Hi, baby. Thanks for bailing me out," he said.
He sounded almost chipper.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, yeah! You'll never guess who I saw in there. Alfonzo! Remember the lawn guy who used to work for me? We had a good time catching up."
Only Chip could go to prison and come out talking about all the friends he'd run into there.

I came out and I was like, "Whoa! That was awesome. Jo, I met this guy. He did this thing. You know this old guy that I used to tell you about--he and I used to work together? He's doing great. Well, he's in jail, but things are really good otherwise."
Two of the policemen were also buddies of mine. These guys were literally standing on the other side of these bars going, "Why are you here? What's the deal?" We had this endearing conversation right there, while I was in a jail cell.
I used to live out in the boonies when I was in college, and I had mowed this one guy's grass. So I told him what I was in for. "Long story short, I got these dogs running around." And he was like, "Oh, dude, you'll be fine. I'm sure they'll get you ~ Joanna Gaines

There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and perfect. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

At the beginning of my career, I shot a lot more documentaries because I liked the adventure, and probably also because it was easier, and still is easier, for women DPs to shoot documentary than it is to shoot fiction. ~ Maryse Alberti

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Florence had the Alberti fighting for freedom, but never had real Jacobins. It experienced the Viva Maria insurrections, but never really witnessed strong extremist passions. Using the comparison of the colours universally celebrated by Stendhal, we can say that the Florentine red rather resembled a pink and that the black looked more like a grey. ~ Franco Cardini

One of my first films was Zebrahead. I remember the producer asking me, "Can you handle the big lights?" And I thought, Do I want to be sarcastic, or do I want the job? So I said, "I don't handle the big lights, I just tell big men where to put the big lights and they do it." ~ Maryse Alberti

Male crews know that women cinematographers are here to stay, and there will be more of us. If they're professionals, they behave as such. ~ Maryse Alberti

You're not driving home if it's late, though. I am accustomed to dropping my women off at their door," he snickered because he knew she'd blush and he wanted her to, "and sometimes I put them to bed. ~ S.W. Frank

Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

I always start a movie by being very firm and very hard and very, very serious, and then I can relax a little more once I've gained respect. That's part of the job - you have to earn the respect of your crew. ~ Maryse Alberti

I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train our hand only to make a likeness, whereas from sculptures we learn to represent both likeness and correct incidence of light. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Touch me." He instructed as he lifted her hands and placed them on his chest, "See, I am just Alfonzo. I'm human, not the boogey-man," then he smiled reassuringly ... ~ S.W. Frank

As important as it is to learn the techniques of cinematography, you also have to learn how to deal with the movie set, with show business. I came up with a cinematographer who is very talented, but she was never quite able to handle everything else you have to do - dealing with the producer and the crew and the time frame that you have to follow. ~ Maryse Alberti

A remarkably large number of Renaissance artists were illegitimate, including Alberti and Ghiberti. For them, as for Leonardo, this was both a curse and a blessing. Had he been born "legitimately," Leonardo would likely have followed in his father's footsteps and become a notary or a lawyer. But those professions' guilds refused entry to illegitimate children. Leonardo couldn't become a doctor or a pharmacist, nor could he attend university. By age thirteen, most doors were already closed to him. ~ Éric Weiner

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These ... enable us to examine ... the work as a whole ... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

As ability goes, so goes our fortune. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographers than when I started. ~ Maryse Alberti

A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

No matter how simple the furnishings are, you can always tell a write by his home. ~ Rafeal Alberti

Face it. "The Man" is a liberal. "The Establishment" is liberal. The system liberals hate is liberalism. ~ AlfonZo Rachel

Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

A man can do all things if he will. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind ... ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Painting contains a divine force which ... makes the dead seem almost alive. ~ Leon Battista Alberti

Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored. ~ Leon Battista Alberti