The sun, the sea, the wind—these are the eternal poets.

One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science， is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness， such men make this cosmos and its construction in the pivot of their emotional life， in ordered to find the peace and the security， which they cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.

The alternation of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

戏剧是将无形之物化为有形的艺术。

The art of filmmaking is about finding the balance between control and spontaneity.

塑造我们的不是我们生活中的事件，而是我们对这些事件意义的信念。

我不听别人说什么，我只是出去尽我所能。

"A great cinematographer knows when to break the rules to create something extraordinary."