“CINEMA IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRAUD IN THE WORLD.” Jean-Luc Godard

“YOU MUST TORMENT PEOPLE WITH YOUR ARTISTIC DELIGHT, SCARING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.”
— Sergei Paradjanov

“THE ONLY CONDITION OF FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO CREATE IS FAITH IN YOUR OWN VOCATION , READINESS TO SERVE, AND REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE" Andrei Tarkovsky

“We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means. I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image. An image possessing the same distinguishing features as the world it represents. An image — as opposed to a symbol — is indefinite in meaning. One cannot speak of the infinite world by applying tools that are definite and finite. We can analyse the formula that constitutes a symbol, while metaphor is a being-within-itself, it’s a monomial. It falls apart at any attempt of touching it.” Andrei Tarkovsky

“THE AIM OF ART IS NOT SELF-EXPRESSION BUT RATHER SELF-ALTERATION IN THE SENSE THAT ONE HAS TO BECOME MORE OPEN, CHANGE BY SUBSISTING LIFE-TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCES.
THE MOST DIFICULT THING FOR EVERYONE IS TO GET RID OF THEIR PERSONAL NOTIONS OF ORDER AND TASTE” John Cage

“OUR WISDOM COMES FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, AND OUR EXPERIENCE COMES FROM OUR FOOLISHNESS.” Sacha Guitry

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