Read quote““Now we should talk about our history, make films about the human condition, the everyday drama of people, and I think, sophisticated comedies, good comedies.””
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Read quote“It is all right to talk about this “will to win,” but I tell you it is not of much worth unless you have the will to prepare.”
Read quote“舒服、好看、表达，衣服对我来说就是这样的。”
Read quote““Precision, economy of statement, logic employed to ends that are disinterested, drawing and identifying, liberate ... the imagination.””
Read quote“Not mixed, but shining through each other, like blood through natural skin.”
Read quote“It would be great to have a year or two where I went, ‘I’ve got nothing to say.’”
Read quote“Art also is a kind of language – but it’s a language of feeling.”
Read quote“Quite a lot of my days involve men with beards and Kalashnikovs.”
Read quote“We must be better ancestors than that.”
Read quote“Making films that are liked isn’t the be all and end all.”
Read quote“If a pebble or an egg can be enjoyed for the sake of its shape only, it is one step towards a true appreciation of sculpture.”
Read quote“Les éloges de mon physique me servirent à comprendre qu'il fallait le combattre.”
Read quote“We have sacrificed the old, immaterial gods and we are now occupying the temple of the Market God.”
Read quote“Quero ensinar aos que padecem como é que se pode esperar com serenidade o desenlace da morte.”
Read quote“The path from our first attempts in 1975 to a commercially viable device was by no means straightforward—it required a lot of flexibility.”
Read quote“What I want to do is I just want to live freely.”
Read quote“What hath God wrought?”
Read quote“I’ve entered a new phase as a filmmaker.”
Read quote“The prototype in nature has got to be seen through terms of art. A metamorphosis has to take place.”
Read quote“It proved to be his biggest mistake.”