“Great teaching occurs when the great teacher passes what he knows on to the student who is ready to listen and learn. In Innocence of the Eye,  Ed Spiegel offers up his gift of understanding the principles of movie art given him by Slavko Vorkapich, enriched by Ed’s own filmmaking experience. All who are ready will have much to learn.”
—Irvin Kershner, Director, The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again, Eyes of Laura Mars

“Slavko Vorkapich was a great filmmaker and teacher who inspired me to chose a career in cinematography. Ed Spiegel, a distinguished filmmaker, perhaps best understands Slavko’s timeless ideas. In a lucid and entertaining style Ed lays these ideas out for a new generation.”
— Conrad Hall, two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer, American Beauty, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

“Ed Spiegel has been one of many who can point to the success of their own careers as stemming directly from the inspiration and principles taught by this great teacher. My first use of claymation technique was to illustrate an assignment from Professor Vorkapich, Ed’s work and my own are different expressions of Vorkapich’s legacy.”
— Art Clokey, procuder/director, creator of Gumby

“Ed Spiegel made a profound impression on me with his understanding of the special qualities that differentiate one kind of art from another. In our work together on the movie Flight Forms, he was able to transform flying sculptures into exquisite cinema.”
— Tom Van Sant, artist, founder of The GeoSphere Project