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Jonas Mekas Quotes: "In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets."

In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it when it happens."

My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it when it happens.




Jonas Mekas Quotes: "An adventurer can always return home; an exile cannot. So I decided that my home would be culture."

An adventurer can always return home; an exile cannot. So I decided that my home would be culture.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don’t care about my cinema. In Europe they don’t know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!"

In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don’t care about my cinema. In Europe they don’t know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!




Jonas Mekas Quotes: "In a meadow full of flowers you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry of life."

In a meadow full of flowers you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry of life.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema.""

The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema."



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not one who stages scenes with actors, it has always been about the present moment."

The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not one who stages scenes with actors, it has always been about the present moment.




Jonas Mekas Quotes: "I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless."

I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life"

Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls."

We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "We need less perfect but more free films."

We need less perfect but more free films.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time."

You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time.




Jonas Mekas Quotes: "I make home movies-therefore I live. I live - therefore I make home movies."

I make home movies-therefore I live. I live - therefore I make home movies.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "For me, to catch, to celebrate the reality and life and friends and everything around me the very moment it happens - that's what is, that's what I'm possessed by."

For me, to catch, to celebrate the reality and life and friends and everything around me the very moment it happens - that's what is, that's what I'm possessed by.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called Film Culture."

I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called Film Culture.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry."

I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "I missed my teenage years. I was never a teenager."

I missed my teenage years. I was never a teenager.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "Most of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands."

Most of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days, we wouldn't have needed the Co-Op."

In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days, we wouldn't have needed the Co-Op.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere."

Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses."

There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life."

In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.



Jonas Mekas Quotes: "I live, therefore I make films. I make film, therefore I live. Life. Movement. I make home movies, therefore I live. I live, therefore I make home movies."

I live, therefore I make films. I make film, therefore I live. Life. Movement. I make home movies, therefore I live. I live, therefore I make home movies.