Bachrach Quotes & Sayings

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. — Claude Debussy

Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman. — Cesare Pavese

In the business of portrait photography, one must combine the artist and the craftsman. — Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at. — Ebon Moss-Bachrach

The departure of our boys to foreign parts with the ever-present possibility that they might never return, taught the real value of photography to every father and mother. To many a mother the photograph of her boy in his country's uniform was the one never-failing consolation. — Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

I asked my grandmother if the light was God," Pam recalled. Rie laughed at the suggestion. "Oh no, Baby," said Rie. "God is not the light. The light is what happens when God breathes." She knew then, Pam would say later, that she was standing in the breath of God. — Judy Bachrach

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood? — Anita Desai

With a horror movie, you don't want to anticipate where things are going to go. — Ebon Moss-Bachrach

I can't see how I'd learn to be a better actor from reading reviews. — Ebon Moss-Bachrach

I do not believe that the average person wants a 'map' of his face - I believe he wants to be idealized. — Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. — Pablo Picasso

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. — Ebon Moss-Bachrach

In most sports they have a physical effect on your performance, in swimming only psychological. If you worry about what your rival is doing, you take your mind off what you are doing and so fail to concentrate on your performance. — Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

My first vivid memory is ... when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that exchanging looks I have carried with me all of my life. We recognized each other. I was her child and she was my mother. — Pearl S. Buck