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Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes

Objectivity can only be the author’s and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel Picture Quote #1

An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty Picture Quote #1

The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolute is only attainable through faith and in the creative act Picture Quote #1

I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen Picture Quote #1

Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more general aim of mastery of the world, it has an infinite number of facets, the vincula that connect man with his vital activity; and even if the path towards knowledge is unending, no step that takes man nearer to a full understanding of the meaning of his existence can be too small to count Picture Quote #1

I know only one thing. when I sleep, I know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. they say it closely resembles death Picture Quote #1

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I am convinced that any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility Picture Quote #1

I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone –as it seems to me– is in danger Picture Quote #1

If the regular length of a shot is increased, one becomes bored, but if you keep on making it longer, it piques your interest, and if you make it even longer, a new quality emerges, a special intensity of attention Picture Quote #1

If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money Picture Quote #1

Being silent for a while is good. Words can’t really express a person’s emotions Picture Quote #1

Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, collating him with a countless number of people passing by close to him and far away, relating a person to the whole world, that is the meaning of cinema Picture Quote #1

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When I speak of poetry I am not thinking of it as a genre. Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality. So poetry becomes a philosophy to guide a man throughout his life Picture Quote #1

An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to be sure that his abstention will not appear artificial or false Picture Quote #1

Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I’d say that film is the sculpting of time Picture Quote #1

Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in our positivistic, pragmatic activities Picture Quote #1

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise Picture Quote #1

Clearly the hardest thing for the working artist is to create his own conception and follow it, unafraid of the strictures it imposes, however rigid these may be... I see it as the clearest evidence of genius when an artist follows his conception, his idea, his principle, so unswervingly that he has this truth of his constantly in his control, never letting go of it even for the sake of his own enjoyment of his work Picture Quote #1

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Art is born and takes hold wherever there is a timeless and insatiable longing for the spiritual Picture Quote #1

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Objectivity can only be the author’s and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolute is only attainable through faith and in the creative act (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more general aim of mastery of the world, it has an infinite number of facets, the vincula that connect man with his vital activity; and even if the path towards knowledge is unending, no step that takes man nearer to a full understanding of the meaning of his existence can be too small to count (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) I know only one thing. when I sleep, I know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. they say it closely resembles death (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) I am convinced that any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone –as it seems to me– is in danger (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) If the regular length of a shot is increased, one becomes bored, but if you keep on making it longer, it piques your interest, and if you make it even longer, a new quality emerges, a special intensity of attention (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) Being silent for a while is good. Words can’t really express a person’s emotions (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, collating him with a countless number of people passing by close to him and far away, relating a person to the whole world, that is the meaning of cinema (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) When I speak of poetry I am not thinking of it as a genre. Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality. So poetry becomes a philosophy to guide a man throughout his life (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to be sure that his abstention will not appear artificial or false (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I’d say that film is the sculpting of time (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in our positivistic, pragmatic activities (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) 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 Quotes) Clearly the hardest thing for the working artist is to create his own conception and follow it, unafraid of the strictures it imposes, however rigid these may be... I see it as the clearest evidence of genius when an artist follows his conception, his idea, his principle, so unswervingly that he has this truth of his constantly in his control, never letting go of it even for the sake of his own enjoyment of his work (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes) Art is born and takes hold wherever there is a timeless and insatiable longing for the spiritual (Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes)

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