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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
Michael Faraday1791–1867Lecture notes of 1858, quoted in The Life and Letters of Faraday (1870) by Bence Jones, Vol. 2, p. 403
- Facts
- Poetry
The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.
William Faulkner1897–1962Paris Review interview (1958)
- Writing
All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.
Federico Fellini1920–1993On the autobiographical nature of his films, in The Atlantic (December 1965)
Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
Federico Fellini1920–1993I’m a Born Liar (2003), “Poets”
- Money
- Poetry
Art is all about craftsmanship.
Federico Fellini1920–1993I’m a Born Liar (2003), “Craftsmanship”
I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all.
Federico Fellini1920–1993I’m a Born Liar (2003), “Artistic Freedom”
- Freedom
What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one…
Federico Fellini1920–1993“Every Time We Say Goodbye” in Sight and Sound [London] ( June 1991)
I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
Richard Feynman1918–1988Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985), Part 5: “The World of One Physicist”, “But Is It Art?”, p. 261
- Beauty
What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?
Richard Feynman1918–1988The Feynman Lectures on Physics, vol. I (1963), lecture 3, “The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences”, p. 3-6
- Poetry
- Science
I’m not sure how much movies should entertain. I’ve always been more interested in movies that scar.
David Fincherborn 1962
- Movies
I don’t want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
Carrie Fisher1956–2016Postcards from the Edge (1987)
- Life & Death
I slept with some nerd. I hope it was George [Lucas]. I took too many drugs to remember.
Carrie Fisher1956–2016In a Vanity Fair interview when asked how she got the part in Star Wars
- Comedy
- Movies
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
Gustave Flaubert1821–1880
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
Gustave Flaubert1821–1880Letters to Madame Louise Colet (14 June 1853)
- Enemies
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.
Gustave Flaubert1821–1880Letters to Madame Louise Colet, 14 August 1853
- Poetry