The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
000282
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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194 THE TALKIES book than a quotation from an American film engineer, Mr. J. W. CofTman, speaking in America to the American section of the Society of MotionPicture Engineers : Science and Art are not natural enemies — rather, they are natural complements. Science reveals nature — art makes life liveable in spite of those revelations. Science represents the accomplishments of man — art, his aspirations. . . . And as aspiration tends to become accomplishment, the art of to-day becomes the science of to-morrow. And yet, paradoxically enough, art begins where science ends, for the foundation of all art is science, whether that science be conscious or unconscious. Art is empirical — science, mathematical. Science seeks realism — art seeks illusion. But, for the tools to create illusion, art turns to science, the sturdy champion of reality.