You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.
Terry GilliamRead
Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more beautiful and more wondrous and more terrifying. You move into a world of conflicting extremes.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Fantasy allows us to escape reality into a realm of extreme beauty and terror.
Terry Gilliam's quote highlights the dual nature of fantasy as not merely a pleasant escape from reality but an entrance into a world where beauty, wonder, and fear coexist in stark contrasts. This exploration of extremes in fantasy illustrates its power to evoke deep emotions and challenge our perceptions, encouraging us to confront the complexities of existence beyond conventional norms.
Themes
FantasyEscapeRealityBeautyWonder
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the importance of creativity in art therapy.
More from Terry Gilliam
All quotes →Similar quotes
I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.
Tim BurtonRead
I couldn't possibly write 'Next to Normal,' but God, I can weep and watch 'Next to Normal' five times.
Lin-Manuel MirandaRead
I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest work.
Patti SmithRead
I think all directors should be animators.
Steven SpielbergRead
And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us high above any crevasse. They made us be natural acrobats. They made us brave. They met us well. They changed us. It was in their nature to.
Ali SmithRead
I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.
John LahrRead