I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.
I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy's and her sister Lee Radziwill's families and children. Cinema w… - Jonas Mekas
I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy's and her sister Lee Radziwill's families and children. Cinema w…
- Jonas Mekas
We need less perfect but more free films. - Jonas Mekas
We need less perfect but more free films.
You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time. - Jonas Mekas
You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time.
Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on October 29th, 19… - Jonas Mekas
Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on October 29th, 19…
Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life - Jonas Mekas
Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life
I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my o… - Jonas Mekas
I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my o…
We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls. - Jonas Mekas
We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls.
My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it … - Jonas Mekas
My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it …
Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends, New… - Jonas Mekas
Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends, New…
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