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Douglas Sirk Quotes

I think the great artists (..) have always thought with the heart Picture Quote #1

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble Picture Quote #1

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is Picture Quote #1

This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art Picture Quote #1

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is Picture Quote #1

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life Picture Quote #1

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There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can’t reach, or touch, the real. You just see reflections Picture Quote #1

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films Picture Quote #1

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, he was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered Picture Quote #1

Intellectualism came very late to America. That’s why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals Picture Quote #1

For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty Picture Quote #1

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world Picture Quote #1

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There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art Picture Quote #1

But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them Picture Quote #1

I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives Picture Quote #1

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart Picture Quote #1

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after Picture Quote #1

You have to think with the heart Picture Quote #1

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Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic Picture Quote #1

If I couldn’t read, I couldn’t live Picture Quote #1

The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy Picture Quote #1

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye Picture Quote #1

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition Picture Quote #1

If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason Picture Quote #1

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I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style Picture Quote #1

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I think the great artists (..) have always thought with the heart. (Douglas Sirk Quotes) And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble. (Douglas Sirk Quotes) In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is (Douglas Sirk Quotes) This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art. (Douglas Sirk Quotes) In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is. (Douglas Sirk Quotes) My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life. (Douglas Sirk Quotes) There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can’t reach, or touch, the real. You just see reflections (Douglas Sirk Quotes) Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films (Douglas Sirk Quotes) Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, he was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered (Douglas Sirk Quotes) Intellectualism came very late to America. That’s why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals (Douglas Sirk Quotes) For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty (Douglas Sirk Quotes) And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world (Douglas Sirk Quotes) There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art (Douglas Sirk Quotes) But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them (Douglas Sirk Quotes) I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives (Douglas Sirk Quotes) I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart (Douglas Sirk Quotes) Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after (Douglas Sirk Quotes) You have to think with the heart (Douglas Sirk Quotes) Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic (Douglas Sirk Quotes) If I couldn’t read, I couldn’t live (Douglas Sirk Quotes) The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy (Douglas Sirk Quotes) Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye (Douglas Sirk Quotes) These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition (Douglas Sirk Quotes) If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason (Douglas Sirk Quotes) I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style (Douglas Sirk Quotes)