Nykvist Quotes

#1. Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And the films Ingmar Bergman did with Sven Nykvist were exceptional.

Vilmos Zsigmond

#2. If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

Henry David Thoreau

#3. Change is good; it's what fashion is all about.

Suzy Menkes

#4. Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.

Erich Fromm

#5. I'll be your foil, Laertes: in mine ignorance your skill shall, like a star i' the darkest night, stick fiery off indeed.

William Shakespeare

#6. Light can be gentle, dangerous, dreamlike, bare, living, dead, misty, clear, hot, dark, violet, springlike, falling, straight, sensual, limited, poisonous, calm and soft.

Sven Nykvist

#7. Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.

Sven Nykvist

#8. No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith.

Paulo Coelho

#9. Images, not words, capture feelings in faces; nothing
can ruin the atmosphere as easily as too much light.

Sven Nykvist

#10. The great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre

Elizabeth Hardwick

#11. Sometimes, I think having less money can lead to more artistry.

Sven Nykvist

#12. You can learn a lesson the first time, when it's presented in a package that is joyous - or at least palatable. But if you don't learn the lesson the first time, then there will be a second time and a third time. And each time it will just get harder and harder.

Marianne Williamson

#13. I believe in the brief eternity of the rose.

Marty Rubin