Mirrors Quotes

When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting.

You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I find it a great antidote... lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.

The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.

I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much.

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all.

I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.

I stayed away from mirrors when I was younger and I didn't like having my picture taken. I was tall and had braces and felt ugly.

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had.

Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at it like smoke and mirrors. I still think it's a dream, but I ain't pinching myself yet.

The people we are in relationships with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors, reflecting their beliefs.

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.

Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bull and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.

How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.

This 'Making Mirrors' album is far more personal, even if there's a character element to the sounds I'm working with. Every song on this album I stand behind; I feel like I have a close relationship with them. There are older songs where I can feel myself writing a story, so this is the first album where I'm proud of every lyric.'

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.

It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.

When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression.