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One of the curious things about censorship is that no one seems to want it for himself. We want censorship to protect someone else; the young, the unstable, the suggestible, the stupid. I have never heard of anyone who wanted a film banned because otherwise he might see it and be harmed....

Edgar Dale

No-one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur worries about what he is going to put into his speech. The expert worries about what he should take out. An artisitic performance is concentrated, has a central focus.

Edgar Dale

Edgar Dale

Edgar Dale

Born: April 27, 1900

Died: March 8, 1985 (aged 84)

Bio: Edgar Dale was an American educator who developed the Cone of Experience. He made several contributions to audio and visual instruction, including a methodology for analyzing the content of motion pictures.

Known for:

How to appreciate motion pictures (1933)
Content of Motion Pictures (1935)
Children's attendance at motion pictures (1933)
How To Read A Newspaper (1937)

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