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

The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to pr….

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….

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

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

I have a horror of tags and labels. I don't understand, for instance, how people can talk about Bergman's "symbolism". Far from being symbolic, be se….

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

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

Art is born out of an ill-designed world..

If the regular length of a shot is increased, one becomes bored, but if you keep on making it longer, it piques your interest, and if you make it eve….

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

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….

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

Art would be useless if the world were perfect..

Never trouble anyone else with what you can do yourself.

Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to w….

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 ….

The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolu….

Unspoken feelings are unforgettable..

Weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When ….

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