One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer. . . . In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer.
FEAR IS A REACTION YOU HAVE WHEN YOU’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE TRUTH
I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right.
You don't reward reaction; you reward results.
Reactions [on my 1979 Massey lectures] were from Anglophones. I'm one. But I'm terrible at French. In fact, there was practically no reaction.
Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.
I do like reality shows, and I watch some of them because they're high drama. It's also just fun to watch people have honest reactions.
A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is "I cannot stand it," and that component is enhancing pain so much.
Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
The audience's reactions are more important: if people believe in the love story, it's because they love how we've acted. That's the most beautiful award. It's very important for me, people appreciating what I do.
For me, it's the reactions from the audiences that are golden. If they enjoy it, then half the battle has been won.
Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected
The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.
I like for people to figure things out for themselves. It's not like I have the right answer, but if I have a visceral reaction to something, I'm sure that other people will, too.
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.
In our animation we must show only the actions and reactions of a character, but we must picture also with the action. . . the feeling of those characters.
Mixed reactions? Sure, I get them all the time. I'm a Marmite artist.
Fling yourself at life and let yourself feel what you do feel upon the very tick of the second; snatch the images of life that fly through the brain. If you are very frank with yourself and don't mind how ridiculous anything that comes to you may seem, you will have a chance of capturing the symbols of your direct reactions. Thus, you will, perhaps, find yourself reaching a heightened sense of awareness completely outside the realm of mundane experience.