Latest Steven Sebring Quotes from Interviews

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• I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.

  Steven Sebring

  Messengers, Wanted

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• I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

  Steven Sebring

  Views, Messengers, Film

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• Hopefully I can inspire lots of people to learn about [Patti Smith], to read poetry or learn about William Blake or Arthur Rimbaud.

  Steven Sebring

  People, Inspire, Arthur

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• I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I was getting that through Patti [Smith] - because she takes pictures, performs, writes; she does so many things, and that was a big inspiration to me. It helped me realized that I'm not just a fashion photographer. I wanted to do all these other artistic things as well, and during filming my mind opened up to those possibilities.

  Steven Sebring

  Fashion, Inspiration, Writing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Ultimately, the film [Dream of Life] is inspirational.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Life Is, Film

• I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.

  Steven Sebring

  Shows, Wanted, Artifacts

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Film, Taking Pictures

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• I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful or sound so great. It was really big and really powerful, and I had a sense of accomplishment in finishing a project like this.

  Steven Sebring

  Beautiful, Powerful, Accomplishment

  Source: www.pbs.org

• For me to see the film [Dream of Life] on a big screen - it's pretty extraordinary.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Film, Bigs

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• [Through the making of Dream of Life] I learned about being patient, perseverance, having a dream, a goal. I learned that I can accomplish something despite not knowing anything about it when I begin.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Perseverance, Knowing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.

  Steven Sebring

  The End Of The Day, Honest, Film

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.

  Steven Sebring

  School, Film, Film School

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• Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.

  Steven Sebring

  Fashion, Hands, Style

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• Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of artists.

  Steven Sebring

  Photography, Fashion, Artist

  Source: www.pbs.org

• For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.

  Steven Sebring

  Photography, Moving, Film

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Fashion

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments. It led to more and more photography, and fashion was the angle into photography for me. It was incredible to see photographs by Irving Penn or Helmut Newton. I was really intrigued by that, and that's what led me to New York City.

  Steven Sebring

  Photography, Fashion, New York

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments.

  Steven Sebring

  Photography, School, Able

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• Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

  Steven Sebring

  Teacher, Art, School

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The editing process was a free-for-all, and since I hadn't gone to film [Dream of Life] school or anything like that, I just said, "We'll do this. We'll do that." It was a really great experience that way.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, School, Editing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted to be in the editing room.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Editing, Rooms

  Source: www.pbs.org

• There are a lot of layers in the film [Dream of Life]. And during editing we would try to tame all the layers, try to make things a little bit more understood. We would move scenes around. We'd try all these things.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Moving, Editing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• [Some] times I'd have sound but no image. When Patti [Smith] was singing with her guitar, or doing something amazing with her clarinet, I'd just mess around and record the sound. So we'd use those sounds as another layer in the film [Dream of Life].

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Guitar, Singing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a great moment for a voiceover, or a poem," and then we'd bring in some sound design.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Editing, Design

  Source: www.pbs.org

• A lot of times I had footage that didn't have sound [in the Dream of Life film] - either I didn't bring a sound recorder, or I forgot to turn on the sound recorder - so we would have to improvise and build those scenes.

  Steven Sebring

  Dream, Sound, Film

  Source: www.pbs.org