Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

Quote by Jodie Foster

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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's...

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's...

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is...

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is...

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.