I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America you have to know about the Civil War. Ken Burns americacallcivil Change image and share on social
I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head. Ken Burns anthropologistfilmgrow Change image and share on social
You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches. Ken Burns approachblindmyriad Change image and share on social
In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel. Ken Burns amplifybringemotion Change image and share on social
You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. Ken Burns essentialhistoriansubject Change image and share on social
When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because there are just too many elements in it, you have to begin to get rid of things. Ken Burns aristotlebeginedit share on social
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. Ken Burns faulknerhistorysubscribe Change image and share on social
When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad. Ken Burns baddocumentaryfilm Change image and share on social
History's just been made for sale to an inside deal. Ken Burns dealhistoryinside Change image and share on social
By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz. Ken Burns centerjazznature Change image and share on social
