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Ken Burns Quotes

Ken Burns quotes

American Director July 29, 1953

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One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the..."
You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches. Ken Burns
When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because there are just too many elements in it, you have to begin to get rid of things. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "There is no communication in this world except between equals."
There is no communication in this world except between equals. Ken Burns
I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault. Ken Burns
I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "History's just been made for sale to an inside deal."
History's just been made for sale to an inside deal. Ken Burns
Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not..."
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all..."
In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans? Ken Burns
The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of jazz and still not do it justice. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an..."
I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "The flame is not out, but it is flickering."
The flame is not out, but it is flickering. Ken Burns
Ken Burns quote: "Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to..."
Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America. Ken Burns

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