Brevity - the sister of talent.
Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.
I want to say less, and it's easier to say less.
Television has taught me an economy of style I didn't have before. I feel it has done me nothing but good.
Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.
To say more, is to say less.
Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?
So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.
Basically, less is more when it comes to film.
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
The things one can express with the hand, with the head, with the shoulders!... How many useless and encumbering words then disappear! What economy!
Conciseness is underrated
