They have no right to existence in a work of art which is composed of pictures.

In so far as they are simply heightening the emotional tension, they may enter into the music itself, but in so far as they tell a part of the story, they ought to be ruled out as intrusions from another sphere.

We might just as well improve the painting of a rose garden by bathing it in rose perfume in order that the spectators might get the odor of the roses together with the sight of them.

The limitations of an art are in reality its strength and to overstep its boundaries means to weaken it.
It may be more open to discussion whether this same negative attitude ought to be taken toward color in the photoplay.

It is well-known what wonderful technical progress has been secured by those who wanted to catch the color hues and tints of nature in their moving pictures.