“If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed.”
“My own ‘sentimental favorite’ is always the novel I haven’t yet written – I suppose that’s the one I consider my ‘masterpiece’ as well.”
“Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.”
“Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”
“An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.”
“I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was ‘Vengeance is Mine.’”
“The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.”
“The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.”
“I actually went back and watched all of ‘True Detective”s Season One again, which I think is a true masterpiece.”
“’The Rising’ isn’t Springsteen’s masterpiece.”
“’Don’t Look Now’ is a masterpiece. I think it’s the best-edited movie of all time. I adore it.”
“’Sandinista!’ is a masterpiece.”
“One of my favorite films is ‘Big Fish,’ which I think is a masterpiece.”
“A masterpiece… may be unwelcome but it is never dull.”
“I’m a huge David Fincher fan, and to me, ‘Zodiac’ is a masterpiece. I re-watch that movie all the time.”
“The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.”
“George Saunders’s ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ is a hands-down masterpiece – the subject of Abraham Lincoln and the genius of this author is a perfect union.”
“God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.”
“Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.”
“Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don’t think he painted a masterpiece.”
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
“’Tailgate Blues’ is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.”
“To me, ‘Scream’ is a masterpiece on every level – the performances, the humor, the tone – it’s just flawless.”
“I think ‘Videodrome’ was an absolute philosophical masterpiece.”
“To make a masterpiece would be my life’s dream.”
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
“The Coke bottle is a masterpiece of scientific, functional planning. In simpler terms, I would describe the bottle as well thought out, logical, sparing of material and pleasant to look at.”
“My brother Max made my desk. It’s a masterpiece, like a piano. Everybody who comes in my office loves my desk.”
“’Deadpool’ was ‘Alien.’ It’s brilliant. It completely works. It’s a masterpiece. ‘Deadpool 2’ is ‘Aliens.’”
“I hope to record the perfect album, my masterpiece, before I die.”
“’The Cherry Orchard’ is a masterpiece, and there can never be too many adaptations.”
“Lyrically, ‘Nightmare’ is an absolute masterpiece to me.”
“There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.”
“Yes, translation is by definition an inadequate substitute for being able to read a masterpiece in the original.”
“I particularly remember with ‘Casino,’ everyone was like, ‘It’s not ‘Goodfellas!” No, it’s not ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right: it’s a different movie. Now, everyone thinks ‘Casino’ is a masterpiece.”
“Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed ‘Dr. Strangelove’ as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.”
“Unlike his predecessors, Obama is not big on ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ nostalgia.”
“I’m a huge ‘Harry Potter’ fan, but I still think there is a lot of anime that is crazier than ‘Harry Potter,’ and that was a seven-book masterpiece.”
“You are God’s own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.”
“Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.”
“A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.”
“The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.”
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