An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk…

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

Francis Ford Coppola

2011

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2011

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Francis Ford Coppola

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Coppola, Francis Ford. "Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration." Interviewed by Ariston Anderson. The Behance Blog, 5 Jan. 2011.

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