कलाकार बनने का मेरा कभी कोई इरादा या शौक नहीं था, लेकिन जब मैंने रचनाएँ करनी शुरू कीं, तो मुझे एहसास हुआ कि यही मेरी अपनी भाषा है। जो बात मुझे कहनी थी, उसे इसी माध्यम से कहा जाना जरूरी था। मुझे हमेशा से तस्वीरें खींचना पसंद था—लेकिन मैंने कभी खुद को फोटोग्राफर नहीं माना। फोटोग्राफरों के प्रति मेरे मन में असीम सम्मान है। मैं अपने कई कामों के आधार के रूप में कैमरे और तस्वीर का इस्तेमाल जरूर करता हूँ, लेकिन इसका उपयोग केवल एक ऐसी छवि पाने के लिए करता हूँ जिस पर मैं आगे काम कर सकूँ। मेरे काम में जो असल फोटोग्राफी होती है, वह एकरंगी (मोनोकू्रमैटिक) तस्वीर होती है। मैं किसी चीज़ की तस्वीर लेता हूँ और उसमें से एक रंग निकालकर पेंटिंग की पृष्ठभूमि (बैकग्राउंड) तैयार करता हूँ।

I never had any intention nor interest in being an artist, but when I made work I realized that this was my language. What I had to say needed to be said in this way. I always loved taking photographs - but never considered myself a photographer. I have tremendous respect for photographers. I do use a camera and a photo as a basis for a lot of my work, but I use it as a means to attain an image to work from. The actual photography in my work is a monochromatic photograph. I'll photograph something and extract a color that will then be the background for a painting.

I never had any intention nor interest in being an artist, but when I made work I realized that this was my language. What I had to say needed to be said in this way. I always loved taking photographs - but never considered myself a photographer. I have tremendous respect for photographers. I do use a camera and a photo as a basis for a lot of my work, but I use it as a means to attain an image to work from. The actual photography in my work is a monochromatic photograph. I'll photograph something and extract a color that will then be the background for a painting.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

आप पियानो, सिम्फनी ऑर्केस्ट्रा या सैक्सोफोन के चौकड़ी पर बाख बजा सकते हैं, लेकिन अपनी खुद की संगीत शैली गढ़ने का यह मूर्खतापूर्ण और बचकाना खेल बंद कीजिए।

You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business of knit your own musicology

You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business of knit your own musicology

Tone: Sarcastic Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

मैं कभी भी अपने लिए नहीं लिख पा रहा था। मैं बहुत कुछ कर रहा था। मैंने 'द ग्रीन' का निर्माण किया, मैंने इसे लिखा - मैंने इस फिल्म की दुनिया में खुद को नहीं देखा। मुझे यकीन है कि मेरी मानसिकता के अंधेरे कोनों के कुछ तत्व पर्दे पर आ गए होंगे; आपको वहाँ मेरी शक्ल की ज़रूरत नहीं थी। कहानी में ही मेरी मौजूदगी का काफ़ी सार था, बिना इसके कि मैं उसमें अभिनय करूँ।

I've never been able to write for myself. I was doing a lot. I produced The Green, I wrote it - I didn't see myself in the world of this film. I'm sure there are elements of dark corners of my psyche that found their ways on screen; you didn't need my mug up there. There was enough of my essence in the story as it plays out without me acting in it.

I've never been able to write for myself. I was doing a lot. I produced The Green, I wrote it - I didn't see myself in the world of this film. I'm sure there are elements of dark corners of my psyche that found their ways on screen; you didn't need my mug up there. There was enough of my essence in the story as it plays out without me acting in it.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

कभी-कभी मैं संगीत सुन सकता हूँ - कभी-कभी कोई विकल्प नहीं होता, खासकर जब मैं बाहर किसी कॉफी शॉप में लिख रहा होता हूँ। लेकिन कभी-कभी यह बहुत भटकाने वाला होता है। अगर मैं कुछ ऐसा सुन रहा हूँ जो मुझे सचमुच बहुत पसंद है - तो मुझे सब कुछ रोककर अपना पूरा ध्यान उसी पर देना पड़ता है। मैं उसकी संरचनाओं, उसकी धुनों और बेस को सुनता हूँ। यह मेरे दिमाग पर बहुत ज़्यादा छा जाता है - एक अच्छे तरीके से।

Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. If I'm listening to something I really love - I have to stop and give everything over to it. I'm listening to its structures, its melodic lines, the bass. It takes up too much of my head - in a good way.

Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. If I'm listening to something I really love - I have to stop and give everything over to it. I'm listening to its structures, its melodic lines, the bass. It takes up too much of my head - in a good way.

Themes #Imagination
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि मेरी हर किताब अपनी खुद की आवाज़ गढ़ने की कोशिश करती है, इसलिए मुझे खुद नहीं पता कि मेरी कोई विशिष्ट शैली भी है या नहीं, सिवाय कुछ वर्णनात्मक प्रवृत्तियों और भाषा की ध्वनि के प्रति रुचि के। शायद किसी जगह विशेष में पूरी तरह से रम जाने के।

I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than certain descriptive tendencies, an interest in the sound of language. Maybe an immersion in place.

I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than certain descriptive tendencies, an interest in the sound of language. Maybe an immersion in place.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मैं आवाज़ से शुरुआत करता हूँ, शायद एक वाक्य से। वह वाक्य किसी बिंब या छवि को साकार कर सकता है, और मैं वहीं से आगे बढ़ता हूँ। एक वाक्य से दूसरे वाक्य तक। इन दिनों ध्वनि रचना का संचालन करती है - वर्णन से पहले ध्वनि आती है।

I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound drives the work these days - sound before description.

I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound drives the work these days - sound before description.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

पेंसिल से स्केचिंग करते समय अक्सर झिझक महसूस होती है, या तो बहुत हल्की लाइनें खींची जाती हैं या फिर गलत लाइनों को मिटाया जाता है... लाइन स्केचिंग में माध्यम की बारीकियों के बजाय ड्राइंग की बनावट पर ज़्यादा ज़ोर दिया जाता है।

With pencil there is a tendency to be timid, either using very faint lines or erasing bad lines... Line sketching tends to emphasize the structure of a drawing rather than the nuances of media.

With pencil there is a tendency to be timid, either using very faint lines or erasing bad lines... Line sketching tends to emphasize the structure of a drawing rather than the nuances of media.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

हालाँकि, कुछ ऐसे संगीतकार भी हैं जिनका संगीत केवल क्रोमैटिक (अर्ध-स्वरों वाले) अंदाज़ में ही सुना जा सकता है। उदाहरण के लिए, जॉर्ज पर्ले ने ऐसी रचनाएँ लिखीं जिन्हें आपको लग सकता है कि वे स्वर-प्रधान (टोनल) दिशा में झुकी हुई हैं, लेकिन किसी सुर को यह पहचान पाना बहुत मुश्किल होता है कि वह, मान लीजिए, किसी स्केल का छठा स्वर है या नहीं; जबकि मेरे संगीत में मुझे लगता है कि यह काम अक्सर तुलनात्मक रूप से काफी आसान होता है।

There are, however, composers whose music can only be heard in a chromatic sense. George Perle, for example, wrote pieces that you might think of as leaning in a tonal direction but it's very hard to register a pitch as, say, the sixth degree of a scale, whereas in much of my music I think that's often relatively easy to do.

There are, however, composers whose music can only be heard in a chromatic sense. George Perle, for example, wrote pieces that you might think of as leaning in a tonal direction but it's very hard to register a pitch as, say, the sixth degree of a scale, whereas in much of my music I think that's often relatively easy to do.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

मैं खुद को एक प्रयोगधर्मी मानता हूँ, भले ही मेरा अधिकांश संगीत एक तरह से काफी तार्किक और सामान्य लगता हो।

I think of myself as an experimentalist even though much of my music sounds logical and normal, in a sense.

I think of myself as an experimentalist even though much of my music sounds logical and normal, in a sense.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

यूट्यूब पर जब भी मैं अपने संगीत के नए वर्ज़न देखता हूँ, तो मुझे हमेशा एक अलग ही रोमांच महसूस होता है।

It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube.

It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube.

Tone: Inspirational Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

मुझे नहीं लगता कि मेरी संगीत को समझने के लिए आपको कुछ खास 'पाने' की ज़रूरत है। यह कहानी बयां करने के बजाय थोड़ा नाटकीय ज़्यादा होता है।

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मैं टेप पर ऐसा संगीत तैयार कर रहा था जिसे लाइव परफॉर्मेंस की बजाय एक रिकॉर्डिंग के रूप में सुना जाना था।

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे पर्कशन (ताल-वाद्यों) का संगीत लिखने में बहुत मज़ा आया। यह काफी हद तक कंप्यूटर संगीत लिखने जैसा ही लगता है। लेकिन मैंने पाया कि मैं एक तरह से कोरियोग्राफर की भूमिका में आ गया हूँ, जो शारीरिक गतिविधियों और ऐसी ही दूसरी चीज़ों की फिक्र कर रहा है।

I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in the role of choreographer in a way, worrying about physical movement and such.

I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in the role of choreographer in a way, worrying about physical movement and such.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

देखिए, जो लोग अच्छी ड्राइंग बना सकते हैं, उन्हें बहुत गुस्सा आता है जब जिन्हें ड्राइंग नहीं आती वे उन्हें हुक्म चलाने लगते हैं!

You know, people who can draw get upset when people who can't start telling them what to do!

You know, people who can draw get upset when people who can't start telling them what to do!

Tone: Sarcastic Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 95%

मैं हमेशा पेंटिंग करता रहता था। मैंने असल में चार साल की उम्र में ही ऑयल पेंटिंग करना शुरू कर दिया था। कोई क्रॉन या पेंसिल और वैसी बचकानी चीज़ें नहीं। मैं पक्षियों की पेंटिंग करता था। जो भी चीज़ हिलती-डूलती थी, ऐसी ही चीज़ें।

I was always doing paintings. I actually started painting with oil paints when I was four years old. Not crayons, not pencils and that kid of stuff. I'd paint birds. Anything that moved, stuff like that.

I was always doing paintings. I actually started painting with oil paints when I was four years old. Not crayons, not pencils and that kid of stuff. I'd paint birds. Anything that moved, stuff like that.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि [निकोला टेस्ला] हमेशा से ऐसे ही थे। इसलिए उनका एक आविष्कारक बनना तय था। क्योंकि उनके लिए चौथे आयाम (चौथे डाइमेंशन) के स्तर पर, बहुत ही गतिशील तरीके से सोचना बेहद आसान था। उनके लिए यह सिर्फ कोई स्थिर (स्टैटिक) चीज़ नहीं थी। दूसरे शब्दों में, वे किसी वास्तुकार (आर्किटेक्ट) की तरह नहीं सोचते थे, जिनकी सोच मूल रूप से स्थिर होती है।

I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was so easy for him to think fourth-dimensionally, dynamically. It wasn't just a static thing with him. In other words, it isn't the way an architect thinks, which is essentially static.

I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was so easy for him to think fourth-dimensionally, dynamically. It wasn't just a static thing with him. In other words, it isn't the way an architect thinks, which is essentially static.

Topic Achievement & Work Innovation
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

हर मौलिक कवि के पास एक नई दृष्टि होती है, या यों कहें कि वह एक नई ताक़त से परिचय कराता है।

Every original poet has a new insight, or rather introduces a new power.

Every original poet has a new insight, or rather introduces a new power.

Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 95%

चित्रकार... [फोटोग्राफी] को अध्ययन के नमूने इकट्ठा करने का एक ऐसा तेज़ तरीका पाएगा जिसे वह अन्यथा बहुत समय और परेशानी के बिना, और अपनी प्रतिभा चाहे जैसी भी हो, इस तरह से कम ही सही, कभी हासिल नहीं कर पाता।

The painter... will find [photography] a rapid way of making collections of studies he could otherwise obtain only with much time and trouble and, whatever his talents might be, in a far less perfect manner.

The painter... will find [photography] a rapid way of making collections of studies he could otherwise obtain only with much time and trouble and, whatever his talents might be, in a far less perfect manner.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

डेविड लिंच वास्तव में वे पहले व्यक्ति थे जिन्होंने हाई स्कूल में मुझे एक फिल्मकार बनने के लिए प्रेरित किया था। उनकी फिल्मों ने मुझे बस उस सपनों की दुनिया में पहुँचा दिया जो आपको सामान्यता और रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी से ऊपर उठा देती है, और यही बात मुझे उनकी ओर खींचती थी।

David Lynch was actually the one who first inspired me to become a filmmaker when I was in high school. His films just took me to that dream place that lifts you out of the norm, out of the everyday life, and that is kind of what allured me.

David Lynch was actually the one who first inspired me to become a filmmaker when I was in high school. His films just took me to that dream place that lifts you out of the norm, out of the everyday life, and that is kind of what allured me.

Themes #Imagination
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

कला का कोई भी काम तभी महान बन सकता है जब इंसान यह स्वीकार कर ले कि उस पर किसी का अधिकार नहीं है। महानता निरंतर सब कुछ लौटा देने और उसके मूल स्रोत को स्वीकार करने में है। किसी भी व्यक्ति, किसी भी प्रक्रिया या किसी भी सामग्री के मूल स्रोत को पलटकर देखिए। यदि कोई व्यक्ति 'यह मेरा है', 'मैंने इसे बनाया है', 'यह बिल्कुल मौलिक है', 'ऐसा किसी ने नहीं किया' जैसी अहम् भरी बातों को छोड़ दे, तो वह सीधे महानता और मूल चेतना को छू लेता है।

The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The greatness is in constantly giving back, coming to an acknowledgment of the source. Look back to the source of any individual, any process, any set of materials. If the individual personality can relinquish its insistence on concepts like this is mine, I did it, this is original, nobody else has done it, it goes straight for greatness or the essential spirit.

The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The greatness is in constantly giving back, coming to an acknowledgment of the source. Look back to the source of any individual, any process, any set of materials. If the individual personality can relinquish its insistence on concepts like this is mine, I did it, this is original, nobody else has done it, it goes straight for greatness or the essential spirit.

Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 95%
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