Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative.
The fact that we are I don't know how many millions of people, yet communication, complete communication, is completely impossible between two of those people, is to me one of the biggest tragic themes in the world.
In my own works I am an obsessionist. Though I write humorous music too, much of it has been obsessed by death and the tragic.
And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.
We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.
I have made tremendous efforts to work in a darker register and express the sinister and tragic quality of the place, given my natural tendency to work in light and pale tones.
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!
Go, little booke! go, my little tragedie!
Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison.
'Mask' wasn't the version that I wanted when it was originally released. It made money, but it would have made a lot more money. My version was a lot less depressing - tragic, but a lot less depressing.
