Aesthetics

“I have always conceived of cinema, the things I’ve made, as having a representation of life.”

“Not to speak of sentiment and thought, which constitute the real and lasting merit of any work.”

“The last sequence is a sort of liebestod.”

“Envelhecer é ruim para qualquer mulher, mas, para quem foi muito bonita, é pior ainda.”

“The emotions of the poem determine the form.”

“Futebol não é ganhar ou jogar bem, mas jogar bem para ganhar.”

“My work is about these kinds of paradoxes.”

“Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it.”

“Who knows if these very pictures, now painted for maharajas, will not find their way to the museums one day.”

“The poem conventionally brings its own music.”

“« Il y a un aspect du cinéma japonais que nous ne connaissons pas ici. C'est encore plus impressionnant que l'éclatement du cinéma italien en 1945. »”

“My art isn’t about politics, it’s about paint.”

“Documentary is only a word, not a magic symbol.”

“I have said it before that the Lotus 39 was the nicest open-wheeler I drove through my career.”

“No me lisonjeo de haber hecho una obra perfecta.”

““I needed to do something, so they don’t look at the color but the artistic way of (what) I am doing.””

“I don't make music for eyes, I make music for ears.”

“I mean the supremacy of pure feeling or perception in the pictorial arts.”