Quotes by Conrad Hall

You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

Photography is a very important part of my life.

— Conrad Hall

Life

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.

— Conrad Hall

Life

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.

— Conrad Hall

Life

I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.

— Conrad Hall

Success

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

— Conrad Hall

Happiness

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.

— Conrad Hall

Freedom

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

— Conrad Hall

Love

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

— Conrad Hall

Success

I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.

— Conrad Hall

Wisdom