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Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Unspoken feelings are unforgettable."

Unspoken feelings are unforgettable.



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."

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: "I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman."

I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness."

My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness.




Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Art is born out of an ill-designed world."

Art is born out of an ill-designed world.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "History is not Time; nor is evolution. They are both consequences. Time is a state: the flame in which there lives the salamander of the human soul."

History is not Time; nor is evolution. They are both consequences. Time is a state: the flame in which there lives the salamander of the human soul.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Being silent for a while is good. Words can't really express a person's emotions."

Being silent for a while is good. Words can't really express a person's emotions.




Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Where am I when I'm not in reality or in my imagination?"

Where am I when I'm not in reality or in my imagination?



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Art is born and takes hold wherever there is a timeless and insatiable longing for the spiritual..."

Art is born and takes hold wherever there is a timeless and insatiable longing for the spiritual...



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar."

Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Of course life has no point. If it had, man would not be free."

Of course life has no point. If it had, man would not be free.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books."

A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.




Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "A literary work can only be received through symbols, through concepts - for that is what words are; but cinema, like music, allows for utterly direct, emotional, sensuous perception of the work."

A literary work can only be received through symbols, through concepts - for that is what words are; but cinema, like music, allows for utterly direct, emotional, sensuous perception of the work.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "The film [Stalker] needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre have time to leave before the main action starts."

The film [Stalker] needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre have time to leave before the main action starts.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it."

Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Art would be useless if the world were perfect."

Art would be useless if the world were perfect.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns."

We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel."

Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel.



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."

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: "The death of childhood is the beginning of poetry."

The death of childhood is the beginning of poetry.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Relating a person to the whole world: that is the meaning of cinema."

Relating a person to the whole world: that is the meaning of cinema.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "An artist who has no faith is like a painter who was born blind."

An artist who has no faith is like a painter who was born blind.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Never trouble anyone else with what you can do yourself"

Never trouble anyone else with what you can do yourself



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."

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: ""Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards"."

"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards".



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "People who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger."

People who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all."

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Above all, I feel that the sounds of this world are so beautiful in themselves that if only we could listen to them properly, cinema would have no need for music at all."

Above all, I feel that the sounds of this world are so beautiful in themselves that if only we could listen to them properly, cinema would have no need for music at all.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion."

For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "IN CINEMA IT IS NECESSARY NOT TO EXPLAIN, BUT TO ACT UPON THE VIEWER'S FEELINGS, AND THE EMOTION WHICH IS AWOKEN IS WHAT PROVOKES THOUGHT."

IN CINEMA IT IS NECESSARY NOT TO EXPLAIN, BUT TO ACT UPON THE VIEWER'S FEELINGS, AND THE EMOTION WHICH IS AWOKEN IS WHAT PROVOKES THOUGHT.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "I am convinced that any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility."

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



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty."

An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic coincides with the ethical."

Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic coincides with the ethical.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored."

Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored.



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."

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: "ALL ART, OF COURSE, IS INTELLECTUAL, BUT FOR ME, ALL THE ARTS, AND CINEMA EVEN MORE SO, MUST ABOVE ALL BE EMOTIONAL AND ACT UPON THE HEART."

ALL ART, OF COURSE, IS INTELLECTUAL, BUT FOR ME, ALL THE ARTS, AND CINEMA EVEN MORE SO, MUST ABOVE ALL BE EMOTIONAL AND ACT UPON THE HEART.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality."

Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others."

The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others.



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."

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: "It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor of other people's ideas."

It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor of other people's ideas.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "The meaning of religious truth is hope."

The meaning of religious truth is hope.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen."

I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is summoning him."

My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is summoning him.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Knowledge is truthful only if it’s based in morality."

Knowledge is truthful only if it’s based in morality.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency."

We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "Masterpieces, not always distinguished or distinguishable among all the works with pretensions to genius, are scattered about the world like warning notices in a mine field."

Masterpieces, not always distinguished or distinguishable among all the works with pretensions to genius, are scattered about the world like warning notices in a mine field.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "No other art can compare with cinema in the force, precision, and starkness with which it conveys awareness of facts and aesthetic structures existing and changing within time."

No other art can compare with cinema in the force, precision, and starkness with which it conveys awareness of facts and aesthetic structures existing and changing within time.



Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: "A poet is someone who can use a single image to send a universal message."

A poet is someone who can use a single image to send a universal message.