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The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil. -- Joni Mitchell
I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much. -- Lasse Hallstrom
It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media. -- Christopher Lasch
Erotica: the depiction of naked men. Depictions of naked women are far less innocent and are known as pornography. -- Richard Summerbell
Photography has always been about documentary, the depiction of the instant, a moment, sometimes a place. Each project is somehow an experimentation of a specific context or a character. -- Hedi Slimane
I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.' -- Henry Rollins
Africans who immigrate to America know how little racism exists there. They suspect it before emigrating from Africa, and they know it after arriving in America. Indeed, America, the Left's depiction of it notwithstanding, is the least racist country in the world. -- Dennis Prager
Depiction can override truth the same way that memory can override experience. -- Cynthia Daignault
I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow. -- Ellsworth Kelly
As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction -- Dan Simmons
As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction. -- Dan Simmons
It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals -- Angela Davis
Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it. -- David Hockney
I'm not ashamed to admit that occasionally I've found myself aroused by my own depictions of sex. -- Louis Begley
I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions. -- Claes Oldenburg
Having racially diverse casts on television is a more accurate depiction of the demographic of the world we live in. -- Grace Gealey
I played a lot of the original 'Fight Night.' I think the depiction of Trinidad in the game was awesome. -- Diego Corrales
The French are very bizarre. There is this collective depiction: 'We're in decline, we're being assailed, we must protect ourselves.' -- Alain Juppe
Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more. -- Martin Scorsese
America is so accustomed to some depiction of native people that is entirely racist, and there's a perception that that is okay. -- Winona LaDuke
Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction. -- Ridley Scott
But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure. -- Lake Bell
The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong. -- F. Sionil Jose
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more. -- David Hockney
Photographs are still always depictions, it's just that for my generation the model for the photograph is probably not reality any more, but images we have of that reality. -- Thomas Ruff
When a script like 'Hardflip' comes along, with a real depiction of the rewards of a father-son relationship but also the difficulties of building one, you have my attention. -- John Schneider
But it has often happened that I have found the most seductive depictions of sin in the pages of those very men of incorruptible virtue who condemned their spell and their effects. -- Umberto Eco
Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV - he's the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire. -- Rob Sheffield
I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the '90s. -- Arnaud Desplechin
All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority. The universal in the novel-and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days?-is reached only through the depiction of the specific man in a specific circumstance. -- Ralph Ellison
A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions of her. He had died of starvation, raw, red fingers staining the final tapestry. -- Holly Black
Something Borrowed' is looking like a romantic comedy, but it's a comedy. It shines as a comedy; it's definitely not just about the romance. It's an honest depiction of the struggle between the characters. The comedy aspect will make it shine. -- Ashley Williams
Because I came into acting late, my references come from real life. That's my biggest inspiration. It's probably the reason I moved back to New York. I'm just a lot more inspired by real life than I am by depictions of real life. -- Romany Malco
Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time. -- Kathryn Bigelow
I don't really go into labels or an in-depth discussion of different value systems because for me, it's sort of the truth of the situation in D.C. Certainly, in my fictional depiction of it, there are decent, shameless people on both sides at every level. -- Kristin Gore
On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett. -- Nia Vardalos
Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it must be looked at by somebody, and any true and real depiction must be an account of the experience of that looking. -- David Hockney
We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the object. This was exploited in terms of a socialistic view - a fresh view of the world, a new man, a new beginning. -- Bernd Becher
I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey. -- Mackenzie Phillips
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict. -- Walter Dean Myers
I have never written a book about my life, despite being offered purses of gold. I made 'Boxes' because I wanted to make a sincere depiction of a daughter who has lost her father, or the jealousy one can feel towards a daughter who has become more beautiful than you and whose stepfather starts to take her shopping. -- Jane Birkin
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel. The author's screenwriting talent shines in this story of the earth's destructive power and humanity's moral depravity. The emerging maniacal personality, revealed in increasingly gruesome and venomous detail, rivals the Ripper.Dickens meets Hannibal Lecter. Brace yourself. -- William Bernhardt
It's a movie depiction you don't want to screw up. -- Laszlo Nemes
Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint. -- Mason Cooley
How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all. -- Blaise Pascal
I played a lot of the original Fight Night. I think the depiction of Trinidad in the game was awesome. -- Diego Corrales
"Strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women. -- Jane Fonda
A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend? -- Bill Jay
I'm never drawing the object itself; I'm only drawing a depiction of the object - a kind of crystallized symbol of it. -- Roy Lichtenstein
Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets. -- Amanda Schull
The depiction of the exterior as opposed [to] what you're feeling inside is always so different that it's impossible to know what is right. -- Eddie Redmayne
The Notebook ... thatâ??s my favorite one. Iâ??ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love. -- Kevin Gates
Looking backward always presents an overdetermined depiction of fate; by this perspective we leave out of focus the possibilities of action which existed at the time. -- Reinhard Bendix
Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story. -- Amy Harmon
I think it's sinful to give the audience material it knows already, whether the material is about race relations or the car culture or the depiction and placement of a candy bar. -- Manny Farber
I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal. -- Ray Bradbury
Certainly, the history of my life and the works of art which have especially enriched it is precisely that: the depiction or incantation of a handful of metaphors whose spendour rests upon their intonation. -- Michael Ayrton
In this vivid depiction of the wiseguys and poor sods who drift through his flawed hero's bar, Con Lehane also shows us their modest hopes and dreams . . . There are no easy solutions in McNulty's world. -- Margaret Maron
It is quite exciting, incidentally, to know that the Genesis account of the creation of mankind through its first parentage in Adam and Eve bears the marks of derivation from the primary Egyptian symbolic depiction. -- Alvin Boyd Kuhn

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