Art

““Now we should talk about our history, make films about the human condition, the everyday drama of people, and I think, sophisticated comedies, good comedies.””

“Not mixed, but shining through each other, like blood through natural skin.”

“Art also is a kind of language – but it’s a language of feeling.”

“Making films that are liked isn’t the be all and end all.”

“If a pebble or an egg can be enjoyed for the sake of its shape only, it is one step towards a true appreciation of sculpture.”

“The prototype in nature has got to be seen through terms of art. A metamorphosis has to take place.”

“Connecting with people from different disciplines has always informed my work.”

“Todo lo he hecho con mi voz.”

“I think arts have a fundamental place in a civilized society and are a fundamental need to all human beings.”

“From the moment you get on a theater stage, from the moment you go up there, on this stage, you become a poem.”

“I prefer my vision until the artist shows me otherwise, which they often do.”

“Because I am an artist, and in the kind of art I believe in and to which I have given my whole allegiance, there is no place for anything that has to do with social, economic or political problems.”

“To make a film is easy, to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.”

“It goes out for a walk, so to speak, aimlessly for the sake of the walk.”

“His work ought not to be a dead imitation of things without the power to impress a sentiment, or enforce a truth.”

“It was music that chose me, I'd say.”

“House of Hope is abstract. It concerns the existence of something large, but which we cannot grasp.”

“I am the canvas.”