Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.

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In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a...

In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a...

The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.

The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.

I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there...

I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there...

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and...

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and...

And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is...

And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is...

By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I...

By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I...

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more,...

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more,...

Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be...

Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be...

The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral...

The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral...

I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return...

I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return...

Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that...

Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that...

So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit...

So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit...

Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing.

Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing.

But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the...

But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the...

Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new -...

Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new -...