After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades – even if its now close to aesthetic kudzu. – Jerry Saltz
There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things. – Gustave Flaubert
I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so I am now well aware of the difficulties women who are rearing children face when theyre also trying to make headway in mainstream of film. – Diablo Cody
I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because theyve heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting. – Sean Parker
