Aesthetics

“Вообще мелодизм и гармония наиболее мне близки.”

“Hoy en día un cine perfecto —técnica y artísticamente logrado— es casi siempre un cine reaccionario.”

“I hear so much music which is Brecht. When you really listen, it’s blues.”

“Only by wonderful technique do you disguise technique.”

“I am scared to write non-comedic material because I fear it will come across as melodramatic.”

“I think it’s about making good films.”

“Cinema has a language of its own.”

“She is, in fact, an enchanting actress.”

“The editing has got to be in the writing.”

“I'm a very literary person, not so much a cinematographic person. I don't really like cinema very much.”

“It has to do with my intention of examining the body, which is an important element in live performances.”

““Magnificent, Magnificent! Magnificent ancient people, magnificent Chinese cinema, and magnificent new views of Chinese ancient costume films!””

“The length of a movie all depends on what you want to say. I don’t care what is acceptable.”

“The very best computer programs rise to the level of art. They are beautiful.”

“I admire anyone who has their own style.”

““Gambling,” says Painter Graham Sutherland, “is awfully like painting. However much you know about painting there’s always the gamble as to whether that actual physical touch will do what you want it to.””

“Theater is the initial glamorizer of thought.”

“It captivates both mind and spirit.”